american poets

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of Langston Hughes, the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the African-American experience.

Traces the life of the American poet, journalist, and historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for History.

A biography, written in verse, that explores the life of a South Carolina slave named Dave, who became skilled at turning pots and jars on a pottery wheel, reading, and writing, and went on to use these skills to speak out against slavery.

Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers.".

An account of the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," detailing how Key was actually behind enemy lines at the time seeking release of a captured friend from the British, who would not allow their departure until the bombardment of Baltimore was completed.

Portrays Walt Whitman in the social, political, and cultural context of his day.

Fifty-three of Frost's poems are interspersed with forty-four color photographs of the New England area that was his home, with a biographical profile that explains the influence of this environment on the poet's work.

Contains over four hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the New York School poets, and covers major works, other influential poets and artists, relevant New York places, publications, and more. Includes cross-references, a bibliography of secondary sources, and a time line.

A biography of the famous American poet, detailing the events of his frequently unhappy life, his love for his wife and children, and the way all of this was woven into his poetry.

An anthology of poems by American poets born since 1940.