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Date of Birth
21 February 1962, Ithaca, New York, USA

Date of Death
12 September 2008, Claremont, California, USA (suicide by hanging)

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Karen Green (? - 12 September 2008) (his death)

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Taught creative writing and English at Pomona College (Claremont, California) from 2002 until his death.

In 1997 received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation (the so-called "genius grants").


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