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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Lay, Lie, Lied, Lain: When Do We Use Which?
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Periods of American Literature
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The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
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Pro and Con: School Uniforms
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12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
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Confucius statue at a Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China. Confucianism religion
What is the Difference Between Daoism and Confucianism?
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born July 16, 1923 • Toledo • Ohio
Died March 10, 2017 (aged 93) • Indianapolis • Indiana
Notable Works “Clarity as Concept: A Poet’s Perspective” • “Eyes” • “I’m Late: The Story of LaNeese and Moonlight and Alisha Who Didn’t Have Anyone of Her Own” • “River of My Song”
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
Eunice Tietjens
poet, novelist, and editor
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange
American author
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Arna Bontemps
American writer
Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Edward Gorey
American writer and illustrator
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
American cartoonist and author
Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Angelina Weld Grimké
American dramatist
Richard Wilbur
American poet
Mark Strand
Canadian-American poet, writer, and translator
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
American writer
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander
American poet and children’s author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Maya Angelou, 1996.
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and actress
August Wilson
August Wilson
American dramatist
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
American author and poet

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry