american poets

The author explores the impact of the Vietnam War on his life, discussing how his experiences led him eventually to seek solace in poetry; and tells how he was finally delivered from the ghosts of the war when he traveled back to Hanoi to adopt a Vietnamese child.

Pictorial biography of poet Emily Dickinson containing over 275 photographs and illustrations of her friends, family, and surroundings.

Surveys the private life and literary accomplishments of the writer whose varied works reflect the traditions, feelings, and experiences of African-Americans.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century American poet Sylvia Plath, based in part on information from journals and archives released since 2000, as well as interviews with a personal acquaintance.

June Jordan chronicles the first twelve years of her life and discusses how her experiences during those years influenced her writing.

An account of the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," telling why lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key was behind enemy lines at the time he wrote the lyrics to what became the national anthem.

The life of the American poet, biographer, and collector of folk songs whose biography of Lincoln took twenty years of research and writing.

A biography of the African American poet and playwright whose themes were based on his diverse ethnic and social experiences in Harlem and in the many places he traveled.

A biography of the enigmatic Amherst poet who during a life of seclusion produced some of America's most famous poetry.

Explores how like most men the author was raised to fight, close off his emotional self, and objectify women, recounting how his personal experiences helped him understand the consequences of raising men to be aggressive.