When the author of a poem about a group of girls called the Vivians pass away?
Girls on the Run (poem) Girls on the Run is a long poem by the American writer John Ashbery, published in its own volume in 1999. The narrative centers on a group of girls known as the Vivians, who try to create an ideal world for themselves. The poem was inspired by the works of Henry Darger, a Chicago-based outsider artist who, among other things, collected street waste, compiled various catalogues, made paintings featuring girls with erected penises, and wrote a massive fantasy novel.
Mari Evans Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 – March 10, 2017) was an African-American poet. In 1984 she edited one of the first critical books devoted to the work of black women writers, called "Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation". Evans died at the age of 97 in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 10, 2017.