poets

A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, Am?rica Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.

Linda Fallon travels to a literary festival to give a reading from her latest work, but while she is there she encounters her former lover, Thomas James, and together, the couple share memories of their past affair.

"Functions as both a compilation of materials from the five subsets that make up Critical survey of poetry and a reference guide that simplifies finding material in the five subsets"--P. v.

Profiles sixty-one poets and writers that represent forty countries from the eighth century to the early twenty-first, discussing literary forms, achievements, biography, general analysis, and related information, and covering Chinua Achebe, Pablo Neruda, Daisy Zamora, and others.

Tells the story of how Clement Clarke Moore came to write "The Night Before Christmas" in 1822, and includes an illustrated rendition of the classic holiday poem.

Tired of being picked on by a trio of popular girls, fourteen-year-old poet Emily hires a major public relations firm to change her image and soon finds herself "re-branded" as Em, one of the most important teens not only in her middle school, but in celebrity magazines, as well.

Tells the life story of poet Langston Hughes, describing his childhood, his literary accomplishments, his efforts to promote racial and cultural understanding, and his legacy.

Describes the life of the lawyer and poet, Francis Scott Key, best known for writing the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" in 1814.