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A poetry collection by this author ends with the title figure arranging three rectangles in a “Final Field Exercise.” This author made a “wishing jewel” for her brother, who sent her cards on his journey to China but died before reaching it, as described in the essay “The Anthropology of Water.” This author compares marriage to a tango in a poetic essay organized (10[1])in 29 chapters with John Keats quotes. (10[1])A translation by this author mentions “the one with violets in her lap” in a collection that uses square brackets to denote missing lines. Definitions for each word of Catullus 101 comprise the left-hand pages of this author’s accordion-format book mourning her brother’s death. Stesichorus’s (“steh-SICK-uh-rus’s”) poetry inspired a book by this author that retells Geryon (“jerry-on”) as a gay photographer in love with Heracles. For 10 points, name this author who translated Sappho in If Not, Winter and wrote Autobiography of Red. ■END■

ANSWER: Anne Carson (The first and third lines refer to The Beauty Of The Husband.)
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