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- Washington Post
The remarkable life of a trailblazing poet
In the first half of the 20th century, the American poetry landscape was dominated by men: T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams. At mid-century, however, a shift began. In 1946, Elizabeth Bishop published 'North & South,' a poetry volume that announced a new, distinctly female voice; four years later, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her volume 'Annie Allen.'
