Mona Van Duyn, the first woman to become Poet Laureate when the Library of Congress renamed its resident poet position, has died in St. Louis at age 83. A Reuters wire report notes that Van Duyn, who was Poet Laureate in 1992 and 1993, was described as “a pioneer of the poetry of the suburbs.” She published her first book, Valentines to the Wide World, in 1959. Her most recent, Selected Poems, came out in 2002.