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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
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
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
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
Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley Sneed B. Collard " A juvenile biography of Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet"--Provided by publisher. OL15036035W
Between history & poetry Between history & poetry H. D. xii, 311 p. ; 25 cm OL15207981W
Lives like loaded guns Lives like loaded guns Lyndall Gordon Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagina… OL15568619W
The ticking is the bomb The ticking is the bomb Nick Flynn A dazzling, searing, and inventive memoir about becoming a father in the age of terror. OL15581748W
Fables and distances Fables and distances John Haines xiv, 269 p. ; 24 cm OL15905264W
Contemporary poets Contemporary poets Daniel L. Kirkpatrick,James Vinson Provides biographical information on 800 major living poets in the English language. Includes a critical essay on each poet's work. OL16071574W
Finding Everett Ruess Finding Everett Ruess David Stuart Roberts Finding Everett Ruess by David Roberts, with a foreword by Jon Krakauer, is the definitive biography of the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of t… OL16183771W
The Wound Dresser The Wound Dresser Walt Whitman First published in 1897, "The Wound Dresser" contains a collection of Walt Whitman's letters written from hospitals in Washington during the American civil war. This fascinating volume offers a uniqu… OL16419W
Emily and Carlo Emily and Carlo Marty Rhodes Figley The only sibling left in the Dickinson house In Amherst, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1849, Emily gets a dog who becomes her constant companion and who is featured in some of the poems she writes.… OL16698637W
Secret Historian Secret Historian Justin Spring,Sean Runnette Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of o… OL16799820W
Black Gold Black Gold Ja A. Jahannes (Editor) Black Gold is a highly original anthology of poems featuring works by a collective of nearly 100 authors who span multiple generations and represent voices from throughout communities of the African … OL17076611W
Half in love Half in love Linda Gray Sexton Reveals how, as the daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, the author comes to deal with her mother's life and suicide, and with the support of her family, therapy, and medication, is able to control her … OL17735084W
Poetry will save your life Poetry will save your life Jill Bialosky An unconventional and inventive coming-of-age memoir organized around forty-three remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath, from a critically … OL19721908W
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