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The collected works of Langston Hughes The collected works of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Not Without Laughter is a story of an African-American family. The main character, Sandy observes the difficulties of an African-American while growing up. Sandy’s family is poor due to the discrimin… OL11022833W
Poems Poems Robert Frost The long awaited comprehensive and authoritative edition. The Poetry of Robert Frost brings together for the first time the full contents of all eleven of Frost's individual books of verse, from A Bo… OL1108089W
Anne Sexton Anne Sexton Anne Sexton A collection of letters written by poet Anne Sexton in which she describes her life, thoughts and feelings, with previously unpublished poems and family pictures and memorabilia. OL11600588W
Prairie-town boy Prairie-town boy Carl Sandburg An autobiographical account of the author's boyhood in the Midwest. OL1164717W
Modern American poetry Modern American poetry Sheila Griffin Llanas "Explores modern American poetry, including biographies of twelve poets such as Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, and Langston Hughes; excerpts of poems, literary criticism, poetic technique, and explication… OL11977880W
The bread of time The bread of time Philip Levine "Philip Levine's The Bread of Time is an amalgam of celebration and quest. It celebrates the poets who were his teachers - particularly John Berryman and Yvor Winters, whose lives and work, Levine be… OL121471W
The poets and poetry of the West The poets and poetry of the West William Turner Coggeshall Editor William T. Coggeshall (1824-1867) was a journalist and publisher, and editor of The Genius of the West, a literary magazine in Cincinnati. He served as State Librarian of Ohio from 1856 to 186… OL143332W
Life is a poem-- often set to music Life is a poem-- often set to music Evelyn Brill Stark 252 p. : 24 cm OL14852722W
Dog Years Dog Years Mark Doty Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnouri… OL14857183W
Langston Hughes 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
Always movin' on Always movin' on James Haskins A biography of Langston Hughes, an Afro-American poet who tried to capture in his writing the spirit and rhythms of ordinary people. OL14865475W
Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson Cynthia Griffin Wolff Cynthia Griffin Wolff gives us a brilliant literary biography of Emily Dickinson that reveals the relationship between the poet's life and her poetry, between the life of her mind and the voice of he… OL149398W
Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Milton Meltzer A biography of the poet who became known for his ability to speak to the common people, by shaping out of the plain English of ordinary Americans the voice of their vast experience. OL14941635W
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman Milton Meltzer A biography of the nineteenth-century poet, which presents his life in the context of his times, and includes samples of his writing. OL14941681W
Screams from the Balcony Screams from the Balcony Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised … OL14955428W
The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice Allen Ginsberg These are earliest journals and never-before-published poems of legendary Beat Generation avatar and poet extraordinaire Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept journals throughout his entire… OL14997473W
Family Business Family Business Allen Ginsberg "Chronicling the correspondence between Allen Ginsberg and his father, Louis, Family Business offers a look into the heart and family of one of America's greatest poets.". "As a literary portrait of… OL14997480W
Nikki Giovanni, poet of the people 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 Phillis Wheatley Sneed B. Collard " A juvenile biography of Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet"--Provided by publisher. OL15036035W
The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1956-1991 The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1956-1991 Gary Snyder One of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Bill Morgan, Ginsberg’s biographer, has selected the most significant of the 850 … OL15175485W
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