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Howard McKinley Corning was born on October 23, 1896, on a farm near Lincoln, Nebraska. At the age of three the family moved to Ohio, where his schooling was somewhat limited by ill-health. In 1919 the family again moved, this time to Oregon, spending a few months at Salem and later settling in Portland. In that city, in a residence near Mount Tabor, he has lived most of the time since. All of his best known poetry was written there, with Mt. Hood visible to the east and the city below to the west. In addition to his writing, which has grown to include the short story, critical articles and book reviews, he has done some teaching and research work for the Portland Center of the State System of Higher Education. He