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McKuen, Rod

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McKuen, Rod (1933– ),popular author of sentimental poems and songs, native and resident of California. His books include Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows (1966), Listen to the Warm (1967), Come to Me in Silence (1973), and Looking for a Friend (1980). Finding My Father (1976) is a prose account of his quest for his unknown father.

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