Mary Karr

Mary Karr’s most recent books of poetry and memoir are Sinners Welcome and Lit, respectively. She is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University.

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Poem | 'Messenger'

"It was anybody’s son at the door/   in the dripping green slicker/      with the unsigned contract for selling my soul"
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