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Murphy Visiting Poet Gwendolyn Brooks autographed her children's book ππ©π¦ ππͺπ¨π¦π³ ππ©π° ππ°π³π¦ ππ©πͺπ΅π¦ πππ°π·π¦π΄ (1974) when she visited Hendrix in 1994. In 1950, her collection ππ―π―πͺπ¦ ππππ¦π― (1949) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, making Brooks the first African-American to win the prize. She often wrote about inner-city life, her poems ranging in form from sonnets and ballads to blues and free-verse.
Murphy Visiting Poet Rita Dove signed her collection of poems ππ― π΅π©π¦ ππΆπ΄ πΈπͺπ΅π© ππ°π΄π’ ππ’π³π¬π΄ (1999) when she visited Hendrix the same year. Spanning multiple genres, her writing is known to capture complex emotions using precise language. Dove is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987) and served as the United States Poet Laureate from 1993-1995.
Murphy Visiting Poet Aracelis Girmay signed her book ππ©π¦ πππ’π€π¬ ππ’π³πͺπ’ (2016), which is considered by multiple publications to be one of the best of that year, when she visited in 2017. In 2015, she won the Whiting Award for Poetry. Girmay's poetry explores motherhood, migration, and their anthropological effects, among other themes.
Murphy Visiting Writer Allen Ginsberg visited Hendrix in 1986. Ginsberg's poetry, which earned him the National Book Award for Poetry in 1974 and the Robert Frost Medal in 1986, is known for criticizing U.S. capitalism and war. This elaborate autograph was made in his collection of poems ππ©πͺπ΅π¦ ππ©π³π°πΆπ₯ (1986).
Event: An Evening with Sharon Olds
