march february american poet writer librarian prominent figure literary community called sweet singer california california poet poet american state born niece day saint movement founder left community child enter teens los_angeles california began publish poetry terminated youthful failed marriage home san_francisco met writers formed golden gate trinity closely associated literary journal poetry received positive notice critics established poets alfred lord held literary home way introduced new writers publishers befriended poet helped gain global fame miller toured europe lived mutual dream visiting lord tomb custody daughter care members family set house oakland accepted position city librarian poetry suffered result long work hours generation young readers including served years oakland library patrons called reorganization fired moved san_francisco invited members librarian began write history california literature including autobiographical material fire following san_francisco earthquake consumed work author friends helped set new house resumed writing holding literary traveled train new_york_city times fewer cares greatly increased poetry output june named california poet continued write poetry years style usual uplifting themes expected women included wide variety subjects poems noted sympathetic spontaneous descriptions natural scenes advanced art victorian poetry incorporate greater accuracy sentiment school work california poet wrote poems high tea style influenced british california remained inspiration early life born illinois daughters brother father died fever months birth sister died month mother married sixth seventh wife depending counted wife lover children came union felt neglected marriage marriage smith years smith married wives area june smith killed hands anti anti mob losing faith fearful life mother left day saint community moved missouri married printer lawyer named twin sons born couple traveled overland new family california wagon train long trek young read book shakespeare works collection poems year old girl entered california wagon train famous african american scout riding horse later named family settled los_angeles california established law practice avoid identification family mother reverted maiden family resolved speak past death general public learned origin touch smith relations including lifelong correspondence cousin frequently expressed love regard called wrote poems beginning age publishing ideal home newspaper writing work appeared poetry corner grew young renowned beauty selected open ball mexican governor california april age married iron worker time actor suffered abuse hands emotional pain came death couple infant son altercation resulted bullet hand requiring accused infidelity divorced sensational public trial dissolution final december later poem mother grief eulogy lost son publicly explained meaning death literary friends discovered mother moved mother stepfather twin half brothers san_francisco ward depression changed poet soon met writing san_francisco poems appeared galaxy july supplied poem longing issue overland monthly served unofficially editor selecting poems articles stories periodical friend actress poet adding credibility intellectual unable impress worth worked extra income decade supplied poem new issue overland monthly publication poems anthology edited mother grief positively reviewed new_york_times poem grass shall cover appeared anthology favorite works poets entitled songs centuries poem judged best group recently widowed arrived overland monthly position secretary formed lifetime friendship literary work connected poet naturalist helped edit overland monthly editors literary taste known golden gate trinity said literary submissions returned publisher met writer critic organized friendly card games day felt best poems california commencement ode wrote dead written met eccentric poet newly divorced second wife introduced san_francisco literary circle suggestion miller quoted describing tall fair discovered miller heroic tragic life suggested miller pen dress longer hair pronounced mountain man costume helped miller prepare trip england lay laurel tomb lord poet greatly admired gathered branches took portrait photographs wrote laurel enterprise miller went new_york train calling time london august placed caused stir english clergy connection california poets late lord sent constantine king greece laurel country heroic death accompanied greek funding joined kind purse rebuild year old church hung tomb librarian hoped tour east_coast europe miller stayed san_francisco felt obliged care mother seriously ill widowed sister unable care children late took care dependent brought indian girl widely rumored daughter care went abroad time brazil europe literary dinner elected honorary member second women honored allowed members club assist finances help cover burden moved oakland set larger household extended family sister died late orphaned niece nephew continued live wrote dead grief loss sister mother died support household late took position librarian subscription library established years earlier library reformed second public library created california rogers free earned salary month current value man received worked days week hours day poetry suffered result published sporadically years working oakland librarian low point poetic career library style personal discussed patrons interests selected books felt appropriate befriended year old guiding reading london called literary mother years later london wrote thank young later described wonderful woman beautiful eyes burning fire passion magazine writer reported aging told famous lovers known father said led breakup marriage duncan mother left san_francisco settled children oakland little knowing soon meet children help young dancer develop wider knowledge world reading duncan wrote autobiography librarian pleased youthful dancer book choices duncan find later evidently great passion life nephew came work library began organize books classification scheme specified digit numbers stand general subjects digit numbers indicate individual books subject resisted library trustee attempts classify books wished continue reading room atmosphere established poetry published book form entitled perfect day poems publisher sent copy said know california poet poems said reading delight yale poet professor keen critic american literature gave letter introduction wished send publisher said simply miss literary persons california writer lovely poems fact genuine singer west produced poet abolitionist wrote massachusetts share opinion little volume poetry found favor seen rocky mountains republished east_coast told verse fine quality beginning early san_francisco held literary meetings home hosting readings poetry discussions tradition european helped writers gain wider notice warmly social 1880s turned pen criticism work lost friend wrote finely wrought poem poets great poets california dead wrote periodical worked named monthly delivered new poem complained writer response sided said led local writer suicide published poems century poems included book songs golden gate issue earlier collection poems added new_york acknowledged reviewer monthly journal true natural singer work characterized great feeling comprises love songs verses deep religious feeling written special occasions charming bits description september given days notice clear desk replaced librarian nephew library trustee quoted saying need librarian poet literary friends outraged published lengthy opinion piece effect plans library successful guidance circulation quickly grew opened library sundays holidays increased accessibility praised trustees management improvements world held beginning world exposition chicago described later best known california writers stands head commissioned write poem exposition october brought chicago poem isabella spain help sculpture stood listening known women journalist visit friend women served president vice president respectively wrote behalf observed benefit introductions chicago best writers difficulties oakland followed trip chicago unsettled friends wish away alien california long habit sending letters occasional box fruit picked trees estate offering late accompanied suggestion new career thought area fill position san_francisco librarian recently vacated sent response fruit land fruit brain signing letter old time friend added post script comment place disqualified sex san_francisco required librarian man honored poet memorial poem entitled singer sea overland monthly lady poet submitted verse containing local color second poetry collection songs golden gate published contained lily description california natural beauty captive white city detailed cruelty dealt native americans late 19th century collection included sailed poems described woman love deep sympathy unusually vivid physical imagery way later school book included paintings devised visual representations poetry book received london editor outlook london underground walls posters announcing great discovery connections circle friends resulted librarian job san_francisco moved san_francisco january artist poet obtained time position librarian keith members assignment edit songs book poems founder journalist following death salary month earning oakland duties light able devote greater proportion time writing signed staff land sunshine magazine personal project began work history california literature earthquake fire february health showing signs deterioration sick bed hard pressed continue work march gave lengthy reading entitled women poets america vice president life member club briefly discussed prominent early american women poets focused fully ones known second half 19th century reciting example verse critically evaluating work month later disaster struck form fire following april san_francisco earthquake home taylor street burned ground directly earthquake fire threatened left house carrying pet cat thinking soon return student companion unable carry cat small letters immediately spotted heavy smoke bay took ferry oakland san_francisco order assist saving fire prevented soldiers orders use deadly force blaze lost books including signed editions artwork keith personal letters famous people nearly complete manuscript autobiography history california early literary scene resumed work writing history unable balance autobiographical truth scandal life rumors accepted men miller occasional lovers book discussing considered controversial spent years temporary residences friends rallied raise money build house new_york old associate sent photographs sold apiece subsequently convinced sit studio photographs add fund february hosted event called day promote interest state pension book project forward june club printed book entitled book fiction proceeds given authors contributed stories poet friend submitted introductory poem bohemian driving force effort writer saw connection california literary origins book failed produce sufficient funding added pocket start construction new house built broadway settled resumed hosting received trust fund money grant bohemian friends spent time going residences new_york_city san_francisco writing poetry winters wrote poetry preceding years poet accepted presidency park dedicated taylor street block pre earthquake home named honorary member group quickly expanded include southern founded met informally month home newspaper columnist literary critic presiding called california literary historian credited breadth knowledge society meetings preparation panama pacific international exposition san_francisco named president position sent letters world known writers journalists exposition june lauded senator said early associate called note california literature continued written little little great quality finished perfect feeling thought overland monthly reported eyes wet large audience crowned laurel president called loved laurel crowned poet california speeches honor brought abundance podium wearing black bearing bright orange california addressed crowd saying woman want share honors linked living members staff overland writers seat audience join official status confirmed loved laurel crowned poet california financial support attached months san_francisco fair panama california exposition held san_diego festivities included series authors days featuring california writers november poems recited lecture life given poetry set music performed piano voice compositions james sent copies poetry collections cousin publicized sending identity niece upset told faith believe blessed believe assured angry certainly pleased continued write work support final publication collected edited book poetry writing foreword joining short memorial poem anchor verse submitted friends age wrote complain dear friend having work living world california thousands state pays kind don think head death legacy friend found hotel new_york old ill asked gather help crippled brought california settled berkeley cared niece conferred honorary master arts degree published retrospect los_angeles april received visitors old friend art patron brought young meet adams photographic portrait seated near white persian cats wearing large white head died leap day february buried mountain view cemetery oakland grave located plot unmarked literary society known circle placed commemorated foot peak near sierra nevada mountains near state route near home established earlier series ascending steep hill received memorial plaque placed san_francisco park known setting spectacular bay views book later poetry published year death edited collection wrote brief memorial life established given annually authors best unpublished poems written undergraduate students enrolled stanford_university campuses actress june played episode magic syndicated western television series hosted story line develops friendship teen aged duncan later dancer identical portions broken played poet author songs occasionally member distinguished service receive award award given editor received award work anthology west winds centennial novel author set literary circle main characters story hall sympathetic legacy helping develop new california writers forum sculpture placed oakland central adjacent artist said inch statue composite image women historic current important oakland including entitled follow sculpture protests city follow process acquiring public art people according oakland craft leader don like sculpture looks late sculpture removed remote industrial site called opening public installed series poem cast iron plates flanking block downtown street poet determined works included pound plate bearing poem california poppy raised text set high traffic northwest corner
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