Archibald MacLeish - Hello Poetry

Archibald MacLeish

1892 - 1982/American Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the modernist school of poetry. He has received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

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