Dialogue
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I’m not a purist, the President claimsAs he chews a Nicorette. A soliderIs stationed in a small roomTo guard his suit, which hangsOn a bathroom door on Air Force One. [End Page 515]
Toi Derricotte
TOI DERRICOTTE is the author of a number of books of poems, including The Undertaker’s Daughter (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011), Tender (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997), which won the 1998 Paterson Poetry Prize, and Captivity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989). Elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2012, she is a Professor Emerita at the University of Pittsburgh.
