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Someone in Ireland asked me how many Republican poets there were in the U.S., and I thought maybe two. Maybe there are 10,000 poets, and maybe there are two Republicans among them.
Robert Hass
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Robert Hass
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 1
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Robert L. Hass
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