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Poem of the Week - Red Slippers

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Amy Lowell was born in 1874 at Sevenels, a ten-acre family estate in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a young girl she was first tutored at home, then attended private schools in Boston, during which time she madeseveral trips to Europe with her family. At seventeen she secluded herself in the 7,000-book library at Sevenals to study literature. Lowell was encouraged to write fromArt: D.W. Eckersberg - Naked Woman Putting on her Slippers, 1843

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Posted on 15 October '07 by wgb, under Amy Lowell.

One Comment to “Poem of the Week - Red Slippers”

#1 Posted by Deborah Dera (16.10.07 at 12:45 )

Lovely bio…

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