Anthony Hecht was a famous poet and critic who taught at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Rochester, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, and Smith College. He served as poet laureat...
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Anthony Hecht was a famous poet and critic who taught at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Rochester, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, and Smith College. He served as poet laureat...
2/1/2024
Joy Harjo (b. 1951), (Muscogee-Cherokee) Native American poet and jazz musicianJoy Harjo (born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, and author of Native American Canadian ancest...
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Joy Harjo (b. 1951), (Muscogee-Cherokee) Native American poet and jazz musicianJoy Harjo (born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, and author of Native American Canadian ancest...
1/11/2024
Photo: Momaday receiving the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush in 2007
Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel...
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Photo: Momaday receiving the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush in 2007
Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel...
1/10/2024
Son of Frederick C.S.Hunter,Sr and Susan Rose Hunter.
Married Marie Doherty.
Lived at "Waverly"
Lawyer, poet, columnist for the Free Lance Star and for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A delegate from K...
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Son of Frederick C.S.Hunter,Sr and Susan Rose Hunter.
Married Marie Doherty.
Lived at "Waverly"
Lawyer, poet, columnist for the Free Lance Star and for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A delegate from K...
12/6/2023
--As long as the links work:>One Bio of him here: .>A combination Obit and Bio from the NY Times: >and another article:
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--As long as the links work:>One Bio of him here: .>A combination Obit and Bio from the NY Times: >and another article:
6/29/2023
Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for S...
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Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for S...
6/29/2023
John Ashbery was an American poet and art critic.
Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in po...
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John Ashbery was an American poet and art critic.
Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in po...
6/29/2023
Norman Rosten was an American poet, playwright, and novelist.
Wikipedia: Norman Rosten
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Norman Rosten was an American poet, playwright, and novelist.
Wikipedia: Norman Rosten
6/7/2023
David Riley Russell, poet, was born in Fairfield, Texas, on December 4, 1902, the son of John Lawson and Mary Sarah "Mollie" (Riley) Russell. He received a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist Universit...
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David Riley Russell, poet, was born in Fairfield, Texas, on December 4, 1902, the son of John Lawson and Mary Sarah "Mollie" (Riley) Russell. He received a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist Universit...
3/16/2023
Margaret Royalty Edwards, poet laureate of Texas, the daughter of George William and Margaret (Jobe) Royalty, was born on October 31, 1895, in Gatesville. She wrote her first poem in 1912 to fulfill a ...
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Margaret Royalty Edwards, poet laureate of Texas, the daughter of George William and Margaret (Jobe) Royalty, was born on October 31, 1895, in Gatesville. She wrote her first poem in 1912 to fulfill a ...
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Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 - March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and approximately 5,000 poems. Her work has appeared in hundreds of magazines...
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3/21/2022
Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 - March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and approximately 5,000 poems. Her work has appeared in hundreds of magazines...
3/21/2022
Jesse Van Buren Chandler, poet, was born on November 9, 1892, in Belton, Texas, the son of W. E. and Sarah (Dickey) Chandler. He married Helen Marie Airhart on July 24, 1915, and they had two sons. Cha...
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Jesse Van Buren Chandler, poet, was born on November 9, 1892, in Belton, Texas, the son of W. E. and Sarah (Dickey) Chandler. He married Helen Marie Airhart on July 24, 1915, and they had two sons. Cha...
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Nettie Bringhurst, poet, was born in Huntsville, Texas, in 1852, one of eight children of Sam and Margaret Lea Houston. She attended Baylor Female College at Independence and Austin Female College. She...
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Nettie Bringhurst, poet, was born in Huntsville, Texas, in 1852, one of eight children of Sam and Margaret Lea Houston. She attended Baylor Female College at Independence and Austin Female College. She...
1/23/2022
William D. Barney, poet laureate of Texas, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1916. His father, an aspiring semiprofessional baseball player, moved the family to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1928 for t...
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12/27/2021
William D. Barney, poet laureate of Texas, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1916. His father, an aspiring semiprofessional baseball player, moved the family to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1928 for t...
12/27/2021
Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ...
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12/1/2021
Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ...
12/1/2021
Minturn Peck (November 4, 1854 – May 3, 1938) was an American poet, named first poet laureate of the state of Alabama.BiographySamuel Minturn Peck was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on November 4, 1854, t...
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Minturn Peck (November 4, 1854 – May 3, 1938) was an American poet, named first poet laureate of the state of Alabama.BiographySamuel Minturn Peck was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on November 4, 1854, t...
6/30/2021
Norris Bell (June 22, 1916 – November 18, 2013) was an American novelist and short story author who was Poet Laureate of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Although most of Norris' work can be considered south...
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Norris Bell (June 22, 1916 – November 18, 2013) was an American novelist and short story author who was Poet Laureate of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Although most of Norris' work can be considered south...
6/26/2021
Birmingham native Sena Jeter Naslund (1942- ) is the author of seven novels and two collections of short stories. She is best known for literature that centers on real or fictional characters from the ...
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Birmingham native Sena Jeter Naslund (1942- ) is the author of seven novels and two collections of short stories. She is best known for literature that centers on real or fictional characters from the ...
6/26/2021
Glaze (April 21, 1920 – February 7, 2016) was an American poet, playwright and novelist. Much of Glaze's poetry reflects his coming of age in the South, and his eventual return there. He also lived and...
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12/22/2020
Glaze (April 21, 1920 – February 7, 2016) was an American poet, playwright and novelist. Much of Glaze's poetry reflects his coming of age in the South, and his eventual return there. He also lived and...
12/22/2020
Elisabeth Glück (/ɡlɪk/;[1][2] born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. She has won many major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, National Humanities Medal, National Book Awar...
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Elisabeth Glück (/ɡlɪk/;[1][2] born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. She has won many major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, National Humanities Medal, National Book Awar...
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