Born in New York City, at the end of the dirty thirties, to Eastern European Jews, Strongin began her artistic life as composer, then branched off into poetry. Hugh Fox, the late great critic, called her the most exciting poet writing today. Strongin has ten books out and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several years ago, the top American prize in Literature.
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Lynn Strongin
Born in New York City in 1939, Lynn Strongin's name comes up regularly in college classes as one of the most unique voices in American poetry. Strongin has lived in British Columbia for more than a quarter century, but considers herself a profoundly American writer. During the 1960s, she worked with Denise Levertov amidst the lively political environment of Berkeley, California.