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Nemerov

American  
[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

Nemerov is connected to Greenberg through his father, the poet Howard Nemerov, a lion of mid-century American culture who served two terms as the country’s poet laureate.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2021

In 1977, the poet Howard Nemerov described the eerie sense that the gingko appeared to drop its leaves as if through some hidden natural command:

From Slate Nov. 17, 2018

But not Ryan, who has studied Nemerov at length, and knows deep down he’s not a hard-liner.

From New York Times Aug. 22, 2018

In 1919, Diane’s mother, Gertrude, married a young window dresser at the store named David Nemerov.

From The New Yorker May 30, 2016

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