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Born December 27, 1948 (age 76) • California
Title / Office poet laureate (2015-2017)
Notable Works “Calling the Doves” • “Every Day We Get More Illegal” • “Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems” • “The Upside Down Boy”

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