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David St. John
1949 - PresentDavid St. John is an American poet. He received his bachelor’s degree at California State in Fresno and went to the University of Iowa for an M.F.A. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, the James D. Phelan Award, the Academy Award in Literature, and various grants and fellowships. St. John has taught at Oberlin College, John Hopkins University, and currently teaches at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
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Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
SF
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
Television
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
Comics
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More