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Tea-Strainer
Source: Poetry (July 1999).
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Biography
Joyelle McSweeney was born in Boston and spent most of her childhood in suburban Philadelphia. She has a BA from Harvard University; an MPhil in English studies from Oxford University, where she was a Marshall Scholar; and an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
McSweeney’s collections of poetry include The Red Bird (2002), winner of the 2001 Fence Modern Poetry Series, and The Commandrine and Other Poems (2004). . . .
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Eating & Drinking, Philosophy, Activities
POET’S REGION U.S., Midwestern
Poetic Terms Epigram, Metaphor
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