Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Louis Simpson Dies at 89 September 18, 2012: We are saddened to learn that Louis Simpson is dead at 89. Simpson, who had several poems published in Poetry magazine, is remembered by The New York Times as "poet who told characteristically American tales of common people and often cast a skeptical eye on the American dream." The obituary continues: “I did not intend to be a [...] by Harriet Staff