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Richard Cory Trivia

Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge

President Teddy Roosevelt was a big fan of Robinson's. He helped to get his poems published—and even reviewed them. (It's good to have a president in your corner).
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Robinson won three Pulitzer Prizes for his poems—not too shabby there, E.A.R.
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Robinson thought that he could either write poetry or get married and raise a family—not both. So Emma, the love of Edwin's life, married his brother. Suffice it to say, that marriage did not go well. (Source.)