. "American writer" . . "Muske-Dukes, Carol"@en . "Carol Muske-Dukes"@en . "1945Z"^^ . "Carol Muske"@en . "Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008\u20132011). Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes\u2019 late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist."@en . .