Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.
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Toi Derricotte
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About Toi Derricotte
Toi Derricotte is an American poet. She is the author of six poetry collections and a literary memoir. She has won numerous literary awards, including the 2020 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry awarded by the Poetry Society of America, and the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. From 2012 to 2017, Derricotte served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is currently a professor emerita in writing at the University of …
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