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Poet, Vietnam veteran, and inaugural president of the Poetry Foundation—John Barr writes about survival, love, and the wildness of being human.
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“John Barr is excellent company at every visit. He is in fact an extraordinary man, both a poet of passion and the most delicate workmanship.”
— Mary Oliver, poet