american poets

Whether writing for herself or speaking to the nation, Amanda Gorman shares her powerful voice. She also helps others speak about what matters most to them. Find out what drives the first National Youth Poet Laureate and the youngest inaugural poet.

"Celebrates the life of the jazz poet [Langston Hughes], and details his impact on African American culture during the 1920's and 1930's"--OCLC.

Presents a short biography of poet and author Nikki Grimes.

"A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the life of 20th-century African-American poet, Langston Hughes.

Presents a collection of correspondence written from 1956 through 1963 by twentieth-century American poet Sylvia Plath.

Contains two editions of Walt Whitman's collection of poems, including the 1855 first edition which contains twelve unnamed poems, and the 1891-92 "deathbed edition" which Whitman finished months before his death and includes almost four hundred poems.

Looks at the life of Phillis Wheatley, a girl brought from Senengal to Boston as a slave in 1761 who played a role in the events of the American Revolution, and grew up to become a renowned poet.

Assesses the life and writings of twentieth-century American novelist and poet Conrad Aiken.