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Ellen Bryant Voigt

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928.

Prageeta Sharma is the author of Undergloom (Fence Books, 2013); Infamous...

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Miller Williams
Stanley Miller Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas, on April 8, 1930. Williams first attended...
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Amanda Gorman
The first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman is the author of The One for...
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Adrienne Rich
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Adrienne Rich wrote poems examining such things as...
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Terrance Hayes
The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of five poetry...
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