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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Also Known As Don Luther Lee
Born February 23, 1942 (age 83) • Little Rock • Arkansas
Founder Third World Press
Notable Works “Black Men: Obselete, Single, Dangerous?: Afrikan American Families in Transition: Essays in Discovery, Solution, and Hope” • “Book of Life” • “Don’t Cry, Scream” • “From Plan to Planet-Life Studies: The Need for Afrikan Minds and Institutions” • “GroundWork” • “Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors” • “Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men: Affirmations, Meditations, Readings, and Strategies” • “YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life”
Movement / Style Black Arts movement
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
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Carolyn M. Rodgers
American poet, teacher, critic, and publisher
Tillie Olsen
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
American poet
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Sonia Sanchez
American poet, playwright, and educator
June Jordan.
June Jordan
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Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson
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Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
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Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
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N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
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Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
American writer and aviator
Fuller, Margaret
Margaret Fuller
American author and educator
John Updike
John Updike
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Thomas Merton, 1959
Thomas Merton
American writer
Gary Snyder
American poet
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe
American poet
Pat Mora
Pat Mora
American poet, author, and activist

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry