women poets

Profiles ten women poets--Emily Dickinson, Edna Millay, Amy Lowell, Marianne Moore, Gertrude Stein, Sara Teasdale, Elinor Wylie, H. D., Louise Bogan, and Babette Deutsch--who have made significant contributions to modern American poetry.

A critical study of the entire works of the poet.

A novel based on the life of Profesora Camila Henr?quez-Ure?a, a teacher whose mother was Salom? Ure?a, famous nineteenth-century political poet from the Dominican Republic.

Paula McLain chronicles the experiences she had while growing up in the foster care system and discusses how the constant changes in her home environment impacted every aspect of her life.

An account of the author's childhood in a Texas oil town and of her family's struggles with cancer, madness, and alcoholism.

American singer-songwriter Patti Smith describes her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, reflecting on how they first met, their pact to support one another, the challenges they faced, the people with whom they socialized and worked, and other related topics.

An anthology of poetry by women from all over the African continent.

Chronicles the life of poet Emily Dickinson and discusses her writings, her personal life, her influence on the literary world, the scholarly views of her work, and other related topics.

Linda Fallon travels to a literary festival to give a reading from her latest work, but while she is there she encounters her former lover, Thomas James, and together, the couple share memories of their past affair.

Presents a novelized account of the last months of poet Sylvia Plath's life after she left her marriage and tried to make a new home for her two young children while completing a collection of poems and struggling to maintain her mental equilibrium.