Carol Muske-Dukes
Carol Muske-Dukes | |
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| Born | Carol Muske 1945 (age 79–80) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Creighton University (BA) San Francisco State University (MA) |
| Spouse | David Dukes |
| Children | Annie 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.