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:
... town has a total area of 5.8 km² (2.2 mi²). 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.83% ...