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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
Susan Howe
Born: June 10, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Susan Howe is an American poet, scholar, essayist and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others poetry movements. Her work is often classified as Postmodern because it expands traditional notions of genre.
Known for:
- My Emily Dickinson (1985)
- The Nonconformist's Memorial: Poems (1992)
- The Europe of Trusts (1989)