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HARVEY SHAPIRO Obituary

SHAPIRO--Harvey. The trustees and staff of The Library of America are saddened by the death of Harvey Shapiro, distinguished poet, esteemed editor, and dear friend. We send sincere sympathies to Galen Williams and sons Saul and Dan. D. Ronald Daniel, Chairman Cheryl Hurley, President

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Published by New York Times on Jan. 9, 2013.

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Susan Schwalb and Martin Boykan

January 9, 2013

We met Harvey a number of years ago at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (perhaps in 1993) and remember him fondly. Somehow we didn't keep up over the years but we had great respect for him. He was also a lot of fun at dinner as we remember. But we had no idea about his part in the Birmingham letter of Dr. King or some of his other activities. We knew he worked at The Times but mostly he talked about poetry and writing. His presence will surely be missed. Our deepest sympathies to his family.

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