Marilyn Buck

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American poet and political activist

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Marilyn Jean Buck was an American Marxist and feminist poet who was imprisoned for her participation in the 1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur, the 1981 Brink's robbery and the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing. Wikipedia

Born: December 13, 1947, Midland, TX

Died: August 3, 2010 (age 62 years), Brooklyn, New York, NY

Books: Wild Poppies: Poets and Musicians Honor Poet and Political Prisoner Marilyn Buck: A Poetry Slam Across Prison Walls, On Self-censorship, and Inside/Out: Selected Poems

Education: The University of Texas at Austin, University of California, Berkeley, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, and more