Tina Darragh
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1950 –
Who is Tina Darragh?
Tina Darragh is an American poet who was one of the original members of the Language group of poets.
Darragh was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in the south suburb of McDonald, Pennsylvania. She began writing in 1968 and studied poetry in Washington, DC at Trinity University from 1970 to 1972. Between 1974 and 1976, she worked with Some of Us Press and at the Mass Transit community bookstore and writing workshop.
Mass Transit, and after it Folio bookshop, became focal points for much of the poetic activity that was to result in the East Coast wing of the "Language" group, and here Darragh met other poets, including Susan Howe, Diane Ward, Doug Lang, Joan Retallack, and P. Inman, all of whom were also to become key members of the group.
She and Inman are married and live in Greenbelt, MD.
Darragh's extensive list of publications include on the corner to off the corner, Striking Resemblance, a2 st the odds, and adv. fans - the 1968 series. Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including the important "Language"-oriented anthology, In the American Tree.
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