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John Berryman

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John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. [1]

105 relations: Academy of American Poets, Adrienne Rich, Allen Tate, Alter ego, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Anne Bradstreet, Anne Sexton, August: Osage County, Beacon Hill, Boston, Ben Shahn, Boar's Head Society, Bollingen Prize, Boys and Girls in America, Brown University, City Pages, Clare College, Cambridge, Colonial history of the United States, Columbia College (New York), Columbia University, Confessional poetry, Conrad Aiken, David Orr (journalist), Delmore Schwartz, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, Donald Finkel, Donald Justice, Edmund Wilson, Edward Hirsch, Eileen Simpson, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Strout, Ezra Pound, Free verse, George Whalley, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hart Crane, Harvard University, Henri Coulette, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Ireland, Jane Cooper, John Malcolm Brinnin, Kevin Young (poet), Library of America, Library of Congress, Life (magazine), Lyndon B. Johnson, Mark Van Doren, McAlester, Oklahoma, Mike Gordon, ..., Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mississippi River, National Book Award, National Book Award for Poetry, National Book Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New Directions Publishing, Nick Cave, Okkervil River, Oklahoma, Olive Kitteridge, Partisan Review, Paul Mariani, Philip Levine (poet), Philolexian Society, Poetry (magazine), Princeton University, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Puritans, Rainer Maria Rilke, Randall Jarrell, Richard Wilbur, Robert Dana, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Lowell, Saul Bellow, South Kent School, St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan), Stanza, Stephen Crane, T. S. Eliot, The Businessman (novel), The Dream Songs, The Hold Steady, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Stage Names, The Times Literary Supplement, The Waste Land, Theodore Roethke, Thomas M. Disch, Time (magazine), University of Cincinnati, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, W. B. Yeats, W. D. Snodgrass, W. H. Auden, Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis), William Dickey (poet), William Morris Meredith Jr., William Shakespeare. Expand index (55 more) »

Academy of American Poets

The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry.

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Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.

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Allen Tate

John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate from 1943 to 1944.

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Alter ego

An alter ego (Latin, "the other I") is a second self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.

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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672), née Dudley, was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published.

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Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse.

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August: Osage County

August: Osage County is a comedy-drama play by Tracy Letts.

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Beacon Hill, Boston

Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist.

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Boar's Head Society

The Boar's Head Society (1910 - 1970s) was a student conversazione society devoted to poetry at Columbia University.

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Bollingen Prize

The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.

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Boys and Girls in America

Boys and Girls in America is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006 by Vagrant Records.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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City Pages

City Pages is an alternative newspaper serving the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area.

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Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Colonial history of the United States

The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of the Americas from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America.

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Columbia College (New York)

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Confessional poetry

Confessional poetry or "Confessionalism" is a style of poetry that emerged in the United States during the 1950s.

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Conrad Aiken

Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play, and an autobiography.

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David Orr (journalist)

David Orr (born 1974) is an American journalist, attorney, and poet who is noted for his reviews and essays on poetry.

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Delmore Schwartz

Delmore Schwartz (December 8, 1913 – July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short story writer.

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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is the fourteenth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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Donald Finkel

Donald Alexander Finkel (October 21, 1929 – November 15, 2008) was an American poet best known for his unorthodox styles and "curious juxtapositions".

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Donald Justice

Donald Justice (August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of writing.

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Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes.

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Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950) is an American poet and critic who wrote a national bestseller about reading poetry.

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Eileen Simpson

For the British artist, see Eileen Simpson (artist) Eileen Simpson (1918 – October 21, 2002) was an American writer and psychotherapist.

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Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer.

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Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American novelist and author.

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, as well as a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement.

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Free verse

Free verse is an open form of poetry.

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George Whalley

George Whalley (25 July 1915 – 27 May 1983) was a scholar, poet, naval officer and secret intelligence agent during World War II, CBC broadcaster, musician, biographer, and translator.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets.

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Hart Crane

Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henri Coulette

Henri Coulette (November 17, 1927 – March 26, 1988) was an American poet and educator.

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Iowa Writers' Workshop

The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a much-celebrated graduate-level creative writing program in the United States.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Jane Cooper

Jane Cooper (October 9, 1924 – October 26, 2007) was an American poet.

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John Malcolm Brinnin

John Malcolm Brinnin (September 13, 1916 – June 25, 1998) was an American poet and literary critic.

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Kevin Young (poet)

Kevin Lowell Young is an American poet and teacher of poetry.

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Library of America

The Library of America (LOA) is a nonprofit publisher of classic American literature.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Life (magazine)

Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic.

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McAlester, Oklahoma

McAlester is a city in and county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Mike Gordon

Michael Eliot "Mike" Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is a bass guitar player and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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National Book Award

The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards.

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National Book Award for Poetry

The National Book Award for Poetry is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens.

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National Book Foundation

The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America".

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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New Directions Publishing

New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City.

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Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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Okkervil River

Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge (2008) is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout.

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Partisan Review

Partisan Review (PR) was a small circulation quarterly "little magazine" dealing with literature, politics, and cultural commentary published in New York City.

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Paul Mariani

Paul Mariani (born 1940 in New York City) is an American poet and a professor at Boston College.

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Philip Levine (poet)

Philip Levine (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit.

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Philolexian Society

The Philolexian Society of Columbia University is one of the oldest college literary and debate societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia.

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Poetry (magazine)

Poetry (founded as, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse), published in Chicago since 1912, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist.

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Randall Jarrell

Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate.

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Richard Wilbur

Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator.

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Robert Dana

Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived The North American Review and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968, and was the poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008.

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Robert Fitzgerald

Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was an American poet, critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students."Mitgang, Herbert (January 17, 1985).

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Robert Lowell

Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet.

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Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-American writer.

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South Kent School

South Kent School, a private boarding school for boys in South Kent, Connecticut, United States, is located on a campus in western Litchfield County.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)

The Cathedral of St.

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Stanza

In poetry, a stanza (from Italian stanza, "room") is a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation.

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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

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T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot, (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets".

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The Businessman (novel)

The Businessman: A Tale of Terror is a novel by American writer Thomas M. Disch, published by Harper & Row in 1984.

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The Dream Songs

The Dream Songs is a compilation of two books of poetry, 77 Dream Songs (1964) and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968) by the American poet John Berryman.

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The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003.

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The Nation

The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, and the most widely read weekly journal of progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

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The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Stage Names

The Stage Names is the fourth full-length studio album by American indie rock band Okkervil River, released on August 7, 2007.

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The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969) is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp.

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The Waste Land

The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry.

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Theodore Roethke

Theodore Huebner Roethke (May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet.

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Thomas M. Disch

Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati (commonly referred to as UC or Cincinnati) is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, in the U.S. state of Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.

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University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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W. B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

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W. D. Snodgrass

William De Witt Snodgrass (January 5, 1926 – January 13, 2009) was an American poet who also wrote under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons.

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W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet.

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Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis)

The Washington Avenue Bridge carries County Road 122 and the METRO Green Line light rail across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota and connects the East Bank and West Bank portions of the University of Minnesota's main campus.

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William Dickey (poet)

William Hobart Dickey (December 15, 1928 – May 3, 1994) was an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at San Francisco State University.

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William Morris Meredith Jr.

William Morris Meredith Jr. (January 9, 1919 – May 30, 2007) was an American poet and educator.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman

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