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USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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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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World Poetry Day
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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
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6 Wars of Independence
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
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9 Mind-Altering Plants
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Also Known As Susanna Haswell
Born c.1762 • Portsmouth • England
Died March 2, 1824 • Boston • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Charlotte Temple”
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American poet and journalist
Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
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Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
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E.W. Howe
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
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Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson
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Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
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Bret Harte
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Robert Penn Warren
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Sarah Josepha Hale.
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Kay Boyle
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Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
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Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
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Paule Marshall
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Adela Rogers St. Johns
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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