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'''Michael Steven Harper''' (born [[March 18]], [[1938]]) is an American poet from [[Brooklyn]] who has published ten books of poetry. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from what is now called [[California State University]], and an M.F.A. from the [[University of Iowa]]. His "Dear John, Dear Coltrane", from [[1970]] was nominated for the [[National Book Award]]. He was also the poet laureate for [[Rhode Island]] from [[1988]] to [[1993]]. Harper currently lives in [[Barrington, Rhode Island]]. A great deal of his poetry is influenced by [[jazz]] and history.<ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/277 Academy of American poets]</ref> His mother (Katherine Johnson Harper) was a medical stenographer, and his dad (Walter Warren Harper) was a postal worker. |
'''Michael Steven Harper''' (born [[March 18]], [[1938]]) is an American poet from [[Brooklyn]] who has published ten books of poetry. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from what is now called [[California State University]], and an M.F.A. from the [[University of Iowa]]. His "Dear John, Dear Coltrane", from [[1970]] was nominated for the [[National Book Award]]. He was also the poet laureate for [[Rhode Island]] from [[1988]] to [[1993]]. Harper currently lives in [[Barrington, Rhode Island]]. A great deal of his poetry is influenced by [[jazz]] and history.<ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/277 Academy of American poets]</ref> His mother (Katherine Johnson Harper) was a medical stenographer, and his dad (Walter Warren Harper) was a postal worker. |
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Harper is the longest serving professor of English at [[Brown University]], where he continues teaches poetry workshops to undergraduates. |
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Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from what is now called California State University, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. His "Dear John, Dear Coltrane", from 1970 was nominated for the National Book Award. He was also the poet laureate for Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. Harper currently lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. A great deal of his poetry is influenced by jazz and history.[1] His mother (Katherine Johnson Harper) was a medical stenographer, and his dad (Walter Warren Harper) was a postal worker.
Harper is the longest serving professor of English at Brown University, where he continues teaches poetry workshops to undergraduates.
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