His story about the rape of the Sabine Women, The Sobbin' Women, was adapted into a musical, while he also wrote James Shore's Daughter and the poem "American Names," which ends with the line "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee."
This person asks the reader to "be cold before/the silence of the eight men who were God" in the poem "Ghosts of a Lunatic Asylum." His story about the rape of the Sabine Women, The Sobbin' Women, was adapted into a musical, while he also wrote James Shore's Daughter and the poem "American Names," which ends with the line "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee." His best-known works are an epic poem about an "American muse" with a "strong and diverse heart" and a short story from Thirteen O'clock about Jabez Stone's deal with Mr. Scratch. For 10 points, identify this author of  "John Brown's Body" and The Devil and Daniel Webster.
This person asks the reader to "be cold before/the silence of the eight men who were God" in the poem "Ghosts of a Lunatic Asylum."
Stephen Vincent {Benet}