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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr.

Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and was the son of poet, teacher, and playwright Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. His mother, Maria F. Cox, was also a teacher, and Cotter Jr. and his older

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Mulatto to His Critics, The

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What major religious figure of the twentieth century was also a poet?

Answer

Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla)

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