Baby Boomers Part 2

Who was Naomi Shihab Nye?

A Palestinian American who was born in St. Lewis, moved to Jerusalem at 14, then to San Antonio

Where did Naomi Shihab Nye go to university?

Trinity University in San Antonio

Who wrote Making a Fist and Trying to Name What Does Not Change?

Naomi Shihab Nye

Who was Mark Doty?

Teaches at Rutgers University. Won the 2008 National Book Award for Fire to Fire. His first collection of poems, Turtle, Swan, was published in 1987 and contained the poem “La Belle et La Bête,”  which was in SLANT.

Who wrote Brian Age Seven and Spent?

Mark Doty 

Who was Jane Hirshfield?

Born in NY and studied at Princeton (one of the first women graduates. Buddhist. Wrote The Asking: New & Selected Poems. 

Who wrote mathematics and for what binds us?

Jane Hirshfield

Who was Li-Young Lee?

Parents were physicians to Mao Zedong . Born in Indonesia to Chinese parents; fled political persecution and immigrated to the U.S.. Winner of the 2024 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

Who wrote from Blossoms and the gift?

Li-Young Lee

Who was Denise Duhamel?

Born in Rhode Island; teaches at Florida International University. Famous collection: Kinky (1997). Went to Emerson College in Boston and Sarah Lawrence in Yonkers, New York

Who wrote Kinky?

Denise Duhamel