Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 2, 1879; the son of Garret Stevens and Margaretha Zeller. He was the second of five children and outlived all of them. He had two brothers and two sisters who were all very close. Wallace attended Reading Boys' School where his brothers also attended. The competition between the brothers concerning academics was extremely intense. Wallace being the shy, quiet type, was often overlooked and was struggling for attention. As a young boy, Wallace was inquisitive, creative, brilliant, and solitary; and all of these qualities stayed with him as he grew older. He loved football and reading: his favorites were, Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. All three of the Stevens' boys' graduated from Reading Boys' School and Wallace gave the commencement speech and receive....

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