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Matthea Harvey is a modern American poet born born in Germany on September 3rd, 1973. Despite her young age she has pushed her way through the competitive field of literature. She has published three collections of poetry including, //Modern Life// (2007), //Sad Little Breathing Machine// (2004), and //Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form// (2000). Harvey has said she "didn’t set out to write political poems," rather to discover "that idea of living in the middle of contradiction—in the grey area, between yes and no." Harvey was the finalist for the National Critics Circle Award and for the New York Notable Book. From Harvard University she received her B.A. and from Iowa Writers' Workshop she received her M.F.A. Now she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn.

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Harvey, Matthea. "Contact/Bio." Matthea Harvey. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2009. .