Handler waxa uu ku dhashay San Francisco, California, waxaana dhalay Sandra Handler (née Walpole) oo ah Dean ka ah City College of San Francisco, iyo Louis Handler, oo ah xisaabiye. Aabihiis wuxuu ahaa qaxooti Yahuudi ah oo ka yimid Jarmalka, wuxuuna si fog ula xiriiri jiray qoraaga Ingiriiska Hugh Walpole iyada oo loo marayo hooyadiis. Wuxuu leeyahay walaasheed ka yar, Rebecca Handler. Handler wuxuu ahaa akhristaha aad u jecel tan iyo yaraantiisii, qoraaga uu ugu jeclaa wuxuu ahaa William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. Wuxuu ka qaybgalay Dugsiga Hoose ee Commodore Sloat, Dugsiga Dhexe ee Herbert Hoover, iyo Dugsiga Sare ee Lowell. Wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay Jaamacadda Wesleyan 1992. Waxaa la siiyay 1992 Abaalmarinta Gabayga Ardayga ee Connecticut, kaas oo uu ku andacoonayo inuu ku kasbaday Elizabeth Bishop.
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