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Nemerov

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[nem-uh-rawf, ‑-rof] / ˈnɛm əˌrɔf, ‑ˌrɒf /

noun

  1. Howard, 1920–91, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist: U.S. poet laureate 1988–90.


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However, as Stanford art historian Alexander Nemerov has sharply observed, the damage recorded in Hine’s entrancing photograph was inflicted at least as much on the young girl’s soul as on her body.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2025

“Her presence must have remained,” Nemerov writes, “because I believe I knew of her before I ever said a word.”

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2021

They threw famous parties, whose guests included such luminaries as Dylan Thomas, the poet Howard Nemerov, and Bernard Malamud.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2016

Her father, David Nemerov, owned a clothing store on Fifth Avenue, and the family had nannies and chauffeurs.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2016

When Diane Nemerov was thirteen, she fell in love with Allan Arbus, who worked in the advertising department at Russeks and described himself as “Mister Nobody.”

From The New Yorker May 30, 2016

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