african american women poets

A brief biography of African American poet Amanda Gorman, discussing her childhood, education, and work as a poet and activist.

In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse.

A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.

Contains a play about poet Nikki Giovanni.

Reflections from an African-American woman on her experiences with racial prejudice from both the white and African-American cultures.

Presents a biography of the the eighteenth century woman who arrived in America as a slave and became an internationally famous poet and the first African-American to publish a book.

"Describes the life and work of colonial poet Phillis Wheatley"--Provided by publisher.

Collects the letters, proposals, and poems--including extant works and variants--of eighteenth-century African-American writer Phillis Wheatley, who, a teenage female slave, became the first internationally well-known Black poet in the English language. Also includes writings by her contemporaries, and an introduction to her life and career.

Presents a collection of writings by nineteenth-century author Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American to publish a book of poetry.

A series of autobiographical essays that chronicle the public and private life of African-American poet Nikki Giovanni.