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I used to solve equations easily. If train A left Sioux Falls at nine o'clock, traveling at a fixed rate, I knew when it would meet train B. Now I wonder if the trains will crash; or else I picture naked limbs through Pullman windows, each a small vignette of longing.

Linda Pastan

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Linda Pastan

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Born: May 27, 1932
Died: January 30, 2023 (aged 90)
Bio: Linda Pastan was an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991 1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland.
Known for:
  1. The last uncle (2002)
  2. The imperfect paradise (1988)
  3. Queen of a Rainy Country (2006)
  4. Carnival evening (1998)
  5. Heroes in Disguise (1991)

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