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Phyllis McGinley 1905-78, American poet, b. Ontario, Oreg. Her light verse treats aspects of modern life with humor and underlying seriousness. Among her best-known collections of verse are A Pocketful of Wry (1940), The Love Letters of Phyllis McGinley (1950), and Times Three (1960; Pulitzer Prize). She also wrote many light essays as well as criticism, children's books, and song lyrics. Saint-Watching (1969) recounts the lives of various saints with irreverence and affection.

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McGinley, Phyllis (1905–78),Oregon‐born author of light verse, educated at the universities of Utah and California, resident in New York. Her collections include On the Contrary (1934), A Pocketful of Wry (1940), Stones from a Glass House (1946), A Short Walk from the Station (1951), The Love Letters of Phyllis McGinley (1954), Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1958), and Times Three: Selected Verse from Three Decades (1960, Pulitzer Prize). Other works include children's books; lyrics for the revue Small Wonder (1948); and Province of the Heart (1959) and Sixpence in Her Shoe (1964), light essays on suburban life.

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