Miriam Levine (born 1939) is an American

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and

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. Levine was the first Poet Laureate of

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Biography

Levine was born in

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and earned a BA and MA in Comparative Literature from

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and a PhD in British Literature from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

. Levine was a professor at

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; and, before that, taught at

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

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, and

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

Awards

Levine, winner of the Autumn House Poetry Prize, is a recipient of grants from the

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and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Awarded a Pushcart Prize, she was a resident fellow at Yaddo; Le Chateau de Lavigny International Writers' Colony, Switzerland; and

Millay Colony for the Arts Millay Arts, formerly the Millay Colony for the Arts, is an arts community offering residency-retreats and workshops in Austerlitz, New York, and free arts programs in local public schools. Housed on the former property of feminist/activist poet ...

Works

* Saving Daylight (2019) * The Dark Opens (2008) * In Paterson: a Novel (2002) * Devotion (1993) * A Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England (1984) * The Graves of Delawanna (1981) * To Know We Are Living (1976) * Friends Dreaming (1974)

References

External links

Miriam Levine’s website
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