Nikki Grimes

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Why New York Is Called "The Big Apple" and How 8 Other Famous Cities Got Their Nicknames

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born	October 20, 1950 (age 74) • New York City • New York
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Kwame Alexander

American poet and children’s author

Alice Walker

American writer

Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet and educator

Maya Angelou

American poet, memoirist, and actress

Walter Dean Myers

American children’s author

Nikki Giovanni

American poet

Lucille Clifton

American poet

Ntozake Shange

American author

June Jordan

American author

Mari Evans

American author

Arna Bontemps

American writer

Elizabeth Coatsworth

American author

Juan Felipe Herrera

American poet, author, and activist

Laurence Yep

American author

Jacqueline Woodson

American author

Naomi Shihab Nye

American poet and children’s author

Derrick Barnes

American author

Sandra Cisneros

American author

Julia Alvarez

Dominican-American author and educator

Dan Santat

American illustrator and author

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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

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