american poets

A memoir of a carefree young man who is disabled by a stroke during his freshman year in college, followed by substance abuse, followed by two more brain bleeds. After brain surgery, his mother nurses him and helps him become an independent man once more.

Examines the lives of twentieth-century American poets, focusing on Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz; and profiles their lives and achievements.

Uses live action, archival films, and still photographs to present a biography of Emily Dickinson, one of America's greatest poets.

Presents cross-referenced, alphabetically arranged entries on the poets, works, and topics that shape twentieth-century poetry, providing close readings of poems, historical and biographical context, bibliographies, and coverage of topics related to publication and reception, as well as further-reading lists in each entry.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century American poet Robert Frost, features literary criticism of his work, and includes a chronology of his life, and a bibliography of his writings.

Mary Jane Nealon chronicles her experiences as a nurse, recounting what she has learned about compassion and caring while helping others in remote areas, in the first AIDS ward in New York city, and while tending to her dying parents.

A biography of the poet who devoted almost fifty years to writing about what it feels like to be African American and to encouraging the careers of young African American writers.

Biography of Phillis Wheatley, a slave girl owned by John Wheatley who was educated and became the first African-American poet in the colonies.

Portrays the African American writer and man of letters Langston Hughes, his Midwest roots, his college days (already a recognized poet), his travels, permanent settlement in Harlem, and involvement in the Harlem Renaissance.

Examines the life and work of author and critic Randall Jarrell, winner of the 1960 National Book Award for poetry.