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Bernadette Mayer
American writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022) was an American poet, writer, and visual artist. She was connected to both the Language poets and the New York School.[1][2]
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Born | (1945-05-12)May 12, 1945 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 22, 2022(2022-11-22) (aged 77) New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet, writer, visual artist, editor |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | New York School, language poets |
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Mayer wrote more than 30 books of poetry. She won a Guggenheim fellowship in 2015. She taught poetry at New England College in New Hampshire, Naropa University in Colorado, the New School and other colleges.[3]
She said about poetry, "“The idea of perfection in a poem is pretty stupid. Because if nothing else is perfect, why should a poem be perfect?”[3]