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Poet's Wordplay Leads To MacArthur 'Genius' Award

MacArthur Fellow Heather McHugh mines words for contradictions and double meanings, offering the reader an expansive, fresh perspective on themes like love and mortality.

Poet's Wordplay Leads To MacArthur 'Genius' Award

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