Howe, Fanny (1942–)

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Howe, Fanny (1942–)

American poet and novelist. Born 1942; dau. of Mark DeWolfe Howe Jr. and Mary Manning (Howe), Irish dramatist (1906–1999); sister of Susan Howe (poet and literary critic) and Helen Howe.

Novels include First Marriage (1974), In the Deep North (1988), and Indivisible; poetry collections include Poems From a Single Pallet (1980), Alsace-Lorraine (1982), Robeson Street (1985), Introduction to the World (1986), The Lives of a Spirit (1987), The Vineyard (1988), In the Deep North (1988) and Selected Poems (2001).