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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Mari Evans

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Mari Evans, an African American author of poetry, children's literature, and plays.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Terry

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Lucy Terry, poet, storyteller, and activist of colonial and postcolonial America.
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University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: Lucille Clifton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University at Buffalo gives a page devoted to Clifton that offers an excerpt of her writing, a short biography & bibliography. Also includes photos of the author.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Influence of Folk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site, which explores the influence of musical folk traditions in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen, provides lesson plans, a biography, examples of Hughes' poetry, and details about his meeting with Nicolas Guillen.
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Other

Fu Jen University: Mending Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fu Jen University provides a series of questions about the details of Robert Frost's famous poem "Mending Wall." Don't miss the relevant links at the bottom of the page which include biographical information on Frost during the time...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Jose De Diego

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short biography of the Puerto Rican writer Jose de Diego.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, an American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s and was led by one of the most gifted and influential singer-songwriters in...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: May Miller

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features May Miller, an African-American playwright and poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance in New York City during the 1920s.
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Instituto Cervantes (Espana)

Centro Virtual Cervantes: Delmira Agustini

For Students 9th - 10th
Delmira Augustini is one of the poets of the twentieth-century American poetry. On this site you will find her biography, chronology, bibliography and twelve of her poems.
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Richards Free Library: Sarah Josepha Hale 1788 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
Newport, New Hampshire pays homage to one of its own with this biography of Sarah Josepha Hale. Read about how Hale became a magazine editor, a novelist and poet, and one of the most determined and influential people in American society,...