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Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, to Ray Dove, one of the first African-American chemists to work in the U.S. tire industry (as a research chemist at Goodyear), and Elvira Hord, who achieved honors in high school and would share her passion for reading with her daughter.
Hughes is the daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Her mother was an American novelist and poet, and her father was the British poet laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998. Her mother died by suicide when Frieda was almost three; her father died of a heart attack while being treated for cancer.
This poem is part of the American captivity narrative genre. [7] The attack occurred in an area of Deerfield called "The Bars", which was a colonial term for a meadow. [8] The poem was preserved orally until 1855, when it was published in Josiah Gilbert Holland's History of Western Massachusetts. [1] [9] This poem is the only surviving work by ...
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, [2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Karla Ortiz, the daughter of undocumented parents, impresses crowd at DNC with heartfelt speech. Nathan Giannini. Updated July 26, 2016 at 5:50 AM. 11-yr-old Karla Ortiz on why Clinton should win.
"Recently, I was driving my daughter to school and she said to me, out of the blue, 'Mama, I'm the ugliest girl I know,'" Pink began. "She was like, 'Yeah, I look like a boy with long hair.' And ...
Audre Lorde (/ ˈ ɔː d r i ˈ l ɔːr d / AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934–November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist.
Poet and educator Nile Stanley shares a story — and the poem it ... But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which ...