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Elizabeth Bishop died on this day in 1979, having given us one of the greatest poems ever written. The true love story behind it: www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/03/o...
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The Art of Losing and the Art of Beckoning Love Back: The Story Behind One of the Greatest Poems Ever Written
You wouldn’t have bet on it, the frail famous poet teaching at Harvard as a visiting professor and the athletic secretary of the campus residence half her age. But every great love exists aga…