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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
African American Poets	Joyce Pettis	Covering 46 poets from more than two centuries of African American literary history, this biocritical dictionary is an important contribution to any reference collection. The poets are situated withi…	OL13608121W
Langston Hughes	Patricia McKissack,Fredrick L. McKissack	Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.	OL14860538W
Nikki Giovanni, poet of the people	Judith Pinkerton Josephson	Profiles the life of Nikki Giovanni, from her childhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati to her career as an outspoken, influential, award-winning poet.	OL15026897W
Phillis Wheatley	Sneed B. Collard	" A juvenile biography of Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet"--Provided by publisher.	OL15036035W
The 5th Inning	E. Ethelbert Miller	Summary:The 5th Inning is poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller's second memoir. Coming a decade after Fathering words: the making of an African American writer, this book finds Miller retur…	OL17397297W
My name is Phillis Wheatley	Afua Cooper	The remarkable story of the young slave Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet. This book is a novelization of the life and hardships faced by Phillis Wheatley, whose life was devastated by sl…	OL19936169W
Poet	Don Tate	In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time, although not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to…	OL20008408W
Mercy	Lucille Clifton	Lucille Clifton’s poetry carries her deep concerns for the world’s children, the stratification of American society, those people lost or forgotten amid the crushing race of Western materialism and t…	OL2166408W
A burst of light	Jen Keenan,Audre Lorde,Sonia Sanchez	Winner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award, this path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for…	OL2191783W
The life of Langston Hughes	Arnold Rampersad	Inscribed and signed by the author Arnold Rampersad.	OL2632746W
Langston Hughes	Alice Walker	An illustrated biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the Black experience in America.	OL273663W
Langston Hughes	Lucia Raatma	Briefly introduces the life and accomplishments of Langston Hughes, an African American writer who shared his views on racism through his poetry and prose, as well as through poetry readings.	OL27715W
Free to dream	Audrey Osofsky	A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.	OL2919422W
Phillis Wheatley	Jacquelyn Y. McLendon	A biography of the former slave, Phillis Wheatley, who became known as a poet and social commentator.	OL3521778W
The prisoner's wife	asha bandele	As a favor for a friend, a bright and talented young woman volunteered to read her poetry to a group of prisoners during a Black History Month program. It was an encounter that would alter her life f…	OL54963W
Phillis Wheatley	Robin S. Doak	A biography profiling the life of Phyllis Wheatley, a slave turned writer whose collection of poetry about religion, freedom, people, and America become the first published book by an African-America…	OL5703035W
I, too, sing America	Martha E. Rhynes	A biography of a man who, from the 1920s Harlem Renaissance through the 1960s, wrote poems, stories, and books which celebrated his African American heritage.	OL5968108W
Phillis Wheatley	Cynthia Salisbury	Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.	OL6207967W
Soldier	June Jordan	A profoundly moving childhood memoir by a noted poet, essayist, teacher, and journalist. "SHORTA not uncommon story is here captured with astonishing beauty" the childhood of a gifted daughter whose …	OL696193W
Langston Hughes; a biography	Milton Meltzer	A biography of the Negro poet and playwright whose themes were based on his diverse ethnic and social experiences in Harlem and in the many places he traveled.	OL78932W