poets, american

A collection of essays recalling the author's years of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness.

A biography of the life and art of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, including discussion of the development of African American consciousness and culture from the 1930s to the late 1970s.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about 787 contemporary English-language poets, each including biographical data, a bibliography, a critical essay, and, in some cases, a personal statement by the poet.

Presents a selection of poetry and correspondence by Helene Johnson, and includes biographical information about the Harlem Renaissance poet.

A biography of the African American poet Langston Hughes.

Contains forty-eight narratives, set mostly in the author's hometown, Fresno, and the San Francisco Bay area, in which he reflects on the wonders of the everyday world.

Poetess and freed slave Phillis Wheatley writes a poem celebrating General George Washington's leadership in the American Revolution, and is invited to his camp to meet the future president.

The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important black American poet.