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Poets for Young Adults: Their Lives and Works: Mary Loving Blanchard,Cara Falcetti: 9780313328848: A

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Publication Date: December 30, 2006

Spanning the time of colonial America through the present day, Poets for Young Adults examines the lives and works of seventy-five poets that are read and loved by teens. Readers will discover an eclectic mix of poets and their styles, from the modern songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Tupac Shakur, to the nineteen sixties icons Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath, to such traditional poets as Edgar Allan Poe and William Blake.Poets from all multicultural backgrounds are included, many of whom wrote about the immigrationand/or protest experiences, from Colonial through contemporary times. Over half of the poets are women, and more than one third are women of color.

Poets include:-Maya Angelou -Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua -Anne Bradstreet -Lewis Carroll -E.E. Cummings -Emily Dickinson -Bob Dylan -Ralph Waldo Emerson -Paul Fleischman -Robert Frost -Nikki Giovanni -Langston Hughes -Paul Janesczko -Myra Cohn Livingston -Ogden Nash -Naomi Shihab Nye -Joyce Carol Oates -Lydia Omolola Okutoro -Gary Soto -Phillis Wheatley -Ray Anthony Young Bear

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Greenwood (December 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313328846
ISBN-13: 978-0313328848
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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