A black-and-white photograph of Else Lasker-Schüler, wearing a heavy coat and a spotted winter hat.
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By Robert Rubsam

Else Lasker-Schüler, a darling of Berlin’s avant-garde, fought to define herself—even through tragedy and exile.

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By Sandra Simonds

From the beginning of his career, Bill Knott presented himself as an outsider, an underdog, and a combative “minor poet.“

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By Matthew Spencer
Wolfgang Hilbig wrote poems of gothic lyricism while laboring in Germany's bleak industrial landscapes.

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