A biography of the enigmatic Amherst poet who during a life of seclusion produced some of America's most famous poetry.

This is an account of the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner, " detailing Key's whereabouts when he wrote it.

A biography of the nineteenth-century poet, which presents his life in the context of his times, and includes samples of his writing.

An illustrated biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the Black experience in America.

Taken from her family in Africa at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as a slave in 1761. After she was purchased by the Wheatley family, Phillis quickly learned to speak and read English. The bright young girl soon began writing poetry. By 1771, her poems had been published in newspapers all over the colonies, and critics were praising the "extraordinary negro poetess." In this engaging biography, author Maryann Weidt tells the...

A biography of one of the major American poets of the nineteenth century, whose works include "The Song of Hiawatha" and "The Village Blacksmith."

The author recalls the year when his farm worker parents settled down in the city so that he could go to school for the first time.

Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.

"Enormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E. E. Cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of his voice and a spirited, sensitive introduction to...

The story of Emma Lazarus, who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty.