Saw on Jeremy Pevner's facebook status that she may have died. Looking at google news, she cancelled a Feb. 22nd appearance, so it's possible I suppose.
If this is true then it's really depressing. She was the Poet Laureate for our state for awhile, and has been a distinguished professor here for like two decades.
Her poem, The Blessing of the Boats, is on the wall outside the Great Room. She was a really nice old lady, and I got to see her speak here in 2008, and it was really really wonderful.
UPDATE: Larry Vote confirmed it. :[
She's like, really awesome. I really hope she's not dead.
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