Alison Bechdel, H. D., Mary Oliver
Born: Alison Bechdel (1960), H. D. (1886), Mary Oliver (1935)
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10SepBorn 196066th birthday
Alison Bechdel
Her comics brought lesbian everyday life to a wide readership, while “Fun Home” transformed family memoir into graphic art.
10SepBorn 1886140th birthdayH. D.
A modernist poet whose spare early images developed into expansive explorations of myth, war and desire.
10SepBorn 193591st birthdayMary Oliver
One of America’s best-loved poets wrote about geese, ponds and attention – and shared her life for over forty years with photographer Molly Malone Cook.