Somebody Else’s Baby
Reprinted from New Letters, vol. 72, no. 3-4, 2006, by permission of the poet. Copyright © 2006 by Mary Jo Salter, whose most recent book of poetry is Open Shutters, Knopf, 2003.
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Poet Mary Jo Salter b. 1954
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
Subjects Gender & Sexuality, Living, Social Commentaries
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Poet, editor, essayist, playwright, and lyricist Mary Jo Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She grew up in Michigan and Maryland, and earned degrees from Harvard and Cambridge University. A former editor at the Atlantic Monthly, poetry editor at the New Republic, and co-editor of the fourth and fifth editions of the Norton Anthology of Poetry Salter’s thorough understanding of poetic tradition is clearly evident in her . . .
Poems by Mary Jo Salter
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SUBJECT Gender & Sexuality, Living, Social Commentaries
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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