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Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

Her final hours were said to have been full of "love and comfort." In a statement, agent Dermot McNamara, said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Linda Nolan ...