She died of cancer in 1992. She is famous for her poetic works, for which she became State Poet of New York[?] from 1991-1993, including:
... to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.8 km² (9.2 mi²). 23.5 km² (9.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of ...