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W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca. He has since lived in many parts of the world, most recently on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. He is the author of many books of poems, prose, and translations and has received both the Pulitzer and the Bollingen Prizes for poetry, among numerous other awards. His new poetry collection is The Moon Before Morning.

Dishonor in Hawaii

Honor Killing: How the Infamous "Massie Affair" Transformed Hawai'i

by David E. Stannard

March 23, 2006 issue

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Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours

by Fredric L. Cheyette

February 13, 2003 issue

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