Lawrence Raab

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Lawrence Raab
Born1946 (age 7677)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forAmerican poetry

Lawrence Raab (born 1946, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American poet.

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Life

Raab graduated from Middlebury College in 1968, and from Syracuse University with an MA in 1972. [1] He taught at American University (1970 to 71), University of Michigan, and Williams College (1976 to present). [2] His work has appeared in The New Yorker [3] and the Virginia Quarterly Review. [4] He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts. [5]

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Poetry collection

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