poets

National Poetry Month Biographies

April 2, 2018 | SuzyQ

Celebrate National Poetry Month by getting to know more about the lives of some of our greatest poets:

Longfellow: a rediscovered life by Charles C. Calhoun

Yeats's ghosts: the secret life of W.B. Yeats by Brenda Maddox

Dylan Thomas: a new life by Andrew Lycett

From noon to starry night: a life of Walt Whitman by Philip Callow

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True Stories of the Poets

April 1, 2017 | strande

Kids
Tweens

Learn about real life poets and their work. The stories included below are roughly listed by increasing depth and complexity. While these books are located in the Children's Department, there is a strong possibility that they may appeal to a wider audience.

Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser

Offers an illustrated telling of the life of Maya Angelou that focuses on how she overcame childhood trauma and realized her dream and became one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.

Enormous smallness : a story of E.E. Cummings by Matthew Burgess

Presents the life and work of the twentieth-century American writer, focusing on his fascination with words from a young age and highlighting his poetry's inspirational properties.

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True Stories of the Poets, Next Level

April 1, 2017 | strande

Adults

Learn about real life poets and their work. The stories included below are shelved in the adult department.

In the great green room : the brilliant and bold life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary

Also available in: e-book

The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown.