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S.N. Behrman
Robert Benchley
Robert Cormier
Esther Forbes
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Milton Meltzer

POETS

Elizabeth Bishop
Charles Olson
Stanley Kunitz
L. E. Sissman
Bill Tremblay
Mary Fell
Fran Quinn
Frank O'Hara
Olive Higgins Prouty

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Olive Higgins Prouty
Photos


"The Pampered Child"
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


"The Buffeted Log"
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

Olive in her teens
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


"The College Graduate"
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

Olive with her dog Taupe
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


Her husband, Lewis Prouty
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

Olive's favorite picture of Lewis
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


Lewis Isaac Prouty
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

WPI in the early days. Arrow indicates location of her house.
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


Aerial photo 90 years later, house is indicated by arrow.
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

Her house, 228 West
(Source: Pencil Shavings)


Renovations on 228 West.
(Source: Pencil Shavings)

Manuscript of "Stars and Crickets"
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Manuscript of "The Violin"
(Source: Clark University Archives)

Olive's Poetry book
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Manuscript of "The Other Room"
(Source: Clark University Archives)

Cover of "Bobbie General Manager"
(Source: Clark University Archives)

Manuscript of "Bobbie General Manager"
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Title Page of "Between the Barnacles and the Bayberries"
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Manuscript of "Between the Barnacles and the Bayberries"
(Source: Clark University Archives)

Pencil Shavings
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Olive handdrew this image from the cover of Pencil Shavings
(Source: Clark University Archives)

Manuscript of "My Flower"
(Source: Clark University Archives)


Manuscript of "Olivia"
(Source: Clark University Archives)

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