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No poem should be an urn to contain a meaning, but a net to catch what meanings float through the day.

J. D. McClatchy

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J. D. McClatchy
Age: 72 †
Born: 1945
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: April 10
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Librettist
Literary Critic
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University Teacher
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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