Lorna Goodison

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Lorna Goodison was born in 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up in a home with eight siblings and her father and mother, who operated on the belief that "if you have nine children you can just as easily care for ten, eleven, or twelve." As a child, Goodison was exposed to books; her mother loved books and her sister loved books. "So we always had books in my house. I read most of those books and magazines that my sister brought home. So from a very early age, I read." voices.cla.umn.edu
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    Lorna Goodison was born in 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up in a home with eight siblings and her father and mother, who operated on the belief that “if you have nine children you can just as easily care for ten, eleven, or twelve.” As a child, Go
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    Interview, biography and poem by Lorna Goodison for National Poetry Day
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