Tells the life story of Dominican American novelist and poet Julia Alvarez, discussing her start as a writer, major works for adults and children, influences, bicultural identity, involvement in a collective farm, and founding of a literacy program.
Describes the life of twentieth-century American author Langston Hughes and profiles his major poetic and prose works, also providing a chronology, bibliography, filmography, and list of further resources.
Tells the life story of twentieth-century African-American poet Langston Hughes, describing his early struggles, his relationships, and his politics and providing a time line and primary and secondary bibliographies.
Presents a comprehensive biography of noted author and poet Allen Ginsberg that chronicles his life and works, his political views, battles with censorship, and personal and private associations.
Gregory Orr reflects on how his life changed after he shot his brother to death in a hunting accident, sharing how every aspect of his life has been affected by the event and his own guilt.
Explores the Civil War years of American poet Walt Whitman, sharing the story of how he left New York to travel to Fredricksburg to tend to his wounded brother and found a new purpose visiting with and caring for injured soldiers for the duration of the war; and discussing the impact of his experiences on his later writing style.
A biography of the poet who became known for his ability to speak to the common people, by shaping out of the plain English of ordinary Americans the voice of their vast experience.
