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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Michael S. Harper
![Michael S. Harper](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: March 18, 1938
Died: May 7, 2016 (aged 78)
Bio: Michael Steven Harper was an American poet and English professor at Brown University, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. His poetry was influenced by jazz and history.
Known for:
- Dear John, dear Coltrane (1970)
- Nightmare begins responsibility (1974)
- Honorable amendments (1995)
- Songlines in Michaeltree (2000)
- Use Trouble (2008)