"I am one of the endangered species: people who still write in meter and rime."
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Nude Descending A Staircase, Doubleday, New York 1961.
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X. J. Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy (born Joseph Charles Kennedy; August 21, 1929 – January 30, 2026) was an American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and writer of children's literature and student textbooks on English literature and poetry.
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