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    Donald Hall, Who Gave His Life to Work and Eros

    by Henri Cole Jun 25, 2018 2 minutes

    Donald Hall in 2014. Photo: Henri Cole.

    He worked hard and now can rest. He was one of America’s best-loved poets and won all the literary awards. At eighty-six, he had his first best seller, with , celebrating the indignities of growing old. I once gave him a terrible review, and we didn’t speak for years.

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