I was never a gangster, I never sold drugs, I never carried a gun... I worked every day since the age of fifteen. I knew my virtues couldn't save me.

Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled ...

Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

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