american poets

Chronicles the life of author Edna St. Vincent Millay, providing information on her childhood, her romantic relationships, her writing career, and other related topics.

The poet recreates the life he experienced as a Chicano growing up in California's Central Valley.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century American poet Anne Sexton, focusing on the links between her traumatic childhood, her psychiatric illness, and her writing.

Combines memoir, biography, literary history, and critical study to explore the life and work of Robert Frost, discussing his personal relationships, religion, political views, poems, and more.

Presents a selection of poems and letters written by Emily Dickinson along with biographical information and a critical analysis of her life and works.

A collection of personal letters in which poet Emily Dickinson discusses her personal life, writing, literature, and more.

Presents a comprehensive guide to the life and writings of early twentieth-century American poet and critic Ezra Pound along with over two hundred fifty alphabetically-arranged entries on his acquaintances, publications, and interests.

A collection of interviews in which African-American poet Rita Dove reflects on her life and career.

An illustrated biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

A biography of the turn-of-the-century African American poet and novelist whose works were among the first to give an honest presentation of black life.