Kwame Alexander

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Born	August 21, 1968 (age 56) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Newbery Medal (2015)
Notable Works	“Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band” • “Indigo Blume and the Garden City” • “The Undefeated”

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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

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