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Jack Kerouac

The influential writer Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Mass., and studied at Columbia University. One of the leaders of the beat generation, he was the author of On the Road (1957), the novel considered to

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And What Do I Owe You, God

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Poets Book of Days

March 12

Emily Dickinson's "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" was published in The Round Table in 1864.

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What 17th-century poet was known as "The Matchless Orinda"?

Answer

Katherine Philips. It was a name given to her by Henry Vaughan, who had high praise for her poetry.

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