Carol Muske-Dukes

Carol Muske-Dukes
BornCarol Muske
1945 (age 7980)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationCreighton University (BA)
San Francisco State University (MA)
SpouseDavid Dukes
ChildrenAnnie Muske-Dukes

Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008–2011). Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.