Born in 1929 in Baltimore. Poet, essayist and feminist, who focused in her works on the issues of women's rights, racism, sexuality or economic justice.The winner of many awards, including: National Book Award for Driving into the Wreck (1973) and National Book Critics Circle Award for a series The School Among the Ruins (2004). Winner of Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and Wallace Stevens Award and a two-time scholar of Guggenheim Foundation. She died in Santa Cruz in 2012.