Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is now one of America’s most read poets, but during her lifetime she was largely unknown and only a handful of her poems were published in newspapers….
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Sylvia Plath was an American poet, short story writer and novelist who lived from 1932 to 1963. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and then Newnham College, Cambridge. The…
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St Louis, Missouri. She is described sometimes as a poet, sometimes as a memoirist, but, in fact, her 50+ year career…