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About
Arizona-born poet whose works include Margaret & Dusty: Poems, Mysteries of Small Houses, and Grave of Light. For her 2001 collection, Disobedience, she received the International Griffin Poetry Prize.
Before Fame
She graduated from Barnard College and subsequently received her M.F.A. from the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Trivia
A Pulitzer Prize nominee, she was the recipient of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Family Life
She married fellow poet Ted Berrigan while both were living in Chicago. After Berrigan's death, Notley raised her two children in New York City.
Associated With
Susan Howe is another prominent female poet.
