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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Rukeyser, Muriel 1913-1980. American writer whose feminist poetry, including the collections Beast in View (1944) and The Gates (1976), often speaks out against racism and war.
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“Rukeyser is not always about war and peace and grim words and situations.”
“Rukeyser is political if one considers writing about war and demonstrations and women and the voiceless political.”
“She and her husband Dhruv Narain, founder of Goldman Sachs' Special Situations Group, as well as Peter Rukeyser, a managing director at UBS Private Wealth Management, raised $150,000 from private philanthropists for their proposal.”
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“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms - Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)”
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“A New Yorker, Rukeyser studied at Columbia, and was famous for her use of poetry as a social protest.”
The Huffington Post: Lily Bevan: Get Thee to a Library! Unsung Hero of 41st St: Library Way
“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms" - Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)”
The Huffington Post: Lily Bevan: Get Thee to a Library! Unsung Hero of 41st St: Library Way
“It is the lynchpin of a Romantic view of the world, one that the poet Muriel Rukeyser summed up in The Speed of Darkness with the line "the Universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
“I hope you love it as much as I do, and I encourage you to learn more about Rukeyser and Kollwitz, both amazing artists with fascinating stories. from → Uncategorized”
“It wasn't the first market show on cable or the first show for investors; hello Lou Rukeyser on, of all places, PBS.”
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“Born in New York, Rukeyser later pointed to the silences of her home as her inspiration for writing.”
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