Carol Muske-Dukes

Carol Muske-Dukes
Born
Carol Muske

1945 (age 80–81)
EducationCreighton University (BA)
San Francisco State University (MA)
SpouseDavid Dukes
ChildrenAnnie Muske-Dukes

Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008–2011). Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.