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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
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of letters written by poet Anne Sexton in which she describes her life, thoughts and feelings, with previously unpublished poems and family pictures and memorabilia.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
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	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	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
The autobiography of William Carlos Williams	William Carlos Williams	William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met and befriended Ezra Pound and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). At…	OL1836028W
Sylvia Plath	Lynne F. Chapman	A biography of the troubled woman whose literary achievements were cut short by her suicide at age thirty, interspersed with examples of her poetry.	OL1871264W
Life Work	Donald Hall	"Trust a poet to write a memoir that is not a memoir but a series of reflections organized around a theme—in this case, the pleasures of work. Hall, a winner of the National Book Critics Circle…	OL2658823W
Robert Frost, America's poet	Doris Faber	Brief biography of the New England farmer and teacher who became one of America's best known poets.	OL2678974W
Emily Dickinson	Carol Dommermuth-Costa	Examines the life, work, and significance of the visionary poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.	OL2727921W
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
A fly in the soup	Charles Simic	I believe it's about a boy who grew up in a war torn Serbia and managed to survive with his family through some horrifying times. This is just my opinion.	OL30497W
The other Carl Sandburg	Philip Yannella	Carl Sandburg is most remembered as a biographer of Lincoln, as the author of such schoolroom poems as "Chicago" and "Fog," and as a popular-culture hero who lent his name, fame, and homey charm to t…	OL3266129W
Marianne Moore	Dave Page	Examines the life of the American poet and presents some of her poems.	OL3295872W
The wonderful pen of May Swenson	R. Rozanne Knudson	A biography of the American poet with excerpts from her poems and photographs from her personal collection.	OL3297606W
"Good morning, Mr. President"	Mitchell, Barbara	Traces the life of the American poet, journalist, and historian whose lifelong interest in Abraham Lincoln led to the publishing of a multi-volume biography which won the Pulitzer Prize.	OL3516400W
Phillis Wheatley	Jacquelyn Y. McLendon	A biography of the former slave, Phillis Wheatley, who became known as a poet and social commentator.	OL3521778W
Robert Creeley	Maria Trambacco,Ekbert Faas	"Robert Creeley, one of the most revered voices of contemporary American poetry, has attained an almost legendary status, based on his role in such avant-garde movements as Black Mountain, Tish, and …	OL3857844W
American Poets of the 20th Century	Mary Ellen Snodgrass	This literary companion carries you into the lives and poetic lines of 41 of America's most admired poets from the last century. From popular favorites such as Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg to the m…	OL6046022W
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Bonnie L. Lukes	A biography of one of the major American poets of the nineteenth century, whose works include "The Song of Hiawatha" and "The Village Blacksmith."	OL85466W