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Carolyn Forché (28 April, 1950 - / Detroit, Michigan)
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Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate.
Life
Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 28, 1950, to Michael Joseph and Louise Nada Blackford Sidlosky. Forché earned a B.A. in International Relations at Michigan State University in 1972, and MFA at Bowling Green State University in 1975. She taught at a number of universities, including Bowling Green State University, Michigan State University, the University of Virginia, Skidmore College, Columbia University, San Diego State University and in the Master of Fine Arts program at George Mason University. She is now Director of the Lannan Center for Poetry and Poetics ... more »
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There is a fierce love which builds and binds these poems, such as comes from the heart of a natural poet sharing truths they have seen.
This is what poetry is for.