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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained reown throughou

1753-1784, African Americans, American poets, fiction, Juvenile fiction

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Edwin Arlington Robinson

Michael E. Goodman

This book examines the life of the American poet and presents some of his poems.

1869-1935, American poetry, American poets, Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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Walt Whitman

Nancy Loewen

This book provides an introduction to Walt Whitman, with selections of his work accompanying photographs, artwork, and biographical text.

1819-1892, American poets, Biography, Whitman, Walt

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Emily Dickinson

S. L. Berry

In this book, poetry, biography, and photographs have been combined to create a portrait of the poet known as the Riddle of Amherst.

1830-1886, American poetry, American poets, Dickinson, Emily

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E. E. Cummings

S. L. Berry

This is a biography of the American writer whose poetry combined artistic composition with word play and traditional rhyme and meter.

1894-1962, American poetry, American poets, Cummings, E. E.

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Marianne Moore

Dave Page

This book examines the life of the American poet and presents some of her poems.

1887-1972, American poetry, American poets, Moore, Marianne

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Sylvia Plath

Lynne F. Chapman

This is a biography of the troubled woman whose literary achievements were cut short by her suicide at age thirty, interspersed with examples of her poetry.

American poetry, American poets, Plath, Sylvia

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