Rukeyser,Muriel

Rukeyser,Muriel
Ru·key·ser (ro͞oʹkī-zər), Muriel. 1913-1980.
American writer whose feminist poetry, including the collections Beast in View (1944) and The Gates (1976), often speaks out against racism and war.

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