Poetry

Billy Collins

United States Poet Laureate (2001–2003)
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Louise Glück

United States Poet Laureate (2003–2004)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Robert Hass

United States Poet Laureate (1995-1997)
National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Environmentalist and Teacher
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Seamus Heaney

Nobel Laureate in Literature, Poet, Translator, and Essayist
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Jane Hirshfield

Prize-winning Poet, Translator, and Essayist
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W.S. Merwin

United States Poet Laureate 2010-2011 &
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Essayist & Translator
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Kathleen Norris

Bestselling Essayist on the Spiritual Life: Dakota,
The Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace, and Acedia & Me
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Naomi Shihab Nye

Award-winning Palestinian-American Poet,
Writer, Anthologist, and Educator
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Joyce Carol Oates

National Book-Award Winning Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Essayist
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Sharon Olds

Award-winning Poet and Educator
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Mary Oliver

Pulitzer Prize-winning & National Book Award-winning Poet, Essayist and Chronicler of the Natural World
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Michael Ondaatje

Bestselling & Award-winning Author of The English Patient,
Divisadero & Running in the Family
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Robert Pinsky

United States Poet Laureate (1997–2000)
Translator, Essayist, and Teacher
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Luis J. Rodriguez

Award-winning Poet, Activist, and Bestselling Author
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.
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Kay Ryan

United States Poet Laureate (2008-2010)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
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