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First edition (publ. Black Sun Press) The Bridge, first published in 1930 by the Black Sun Press, is Hart Crane's first, and only, attempt at a long poem. (Its primary status as either an epic or a series of lyrical poems remains contested; recent criticism tends to read it as a hybrid, perhaps indicative of a new genre, the "modernist epic."
Crane was born in Garrettsville, Ohio to Clarence A. Crane and Grace Edna Hart. His father was a successful Ohio restaurateur [5] and businessman who invented the Life Savers candy and held the patent, but sold it for $2,900 before the brand became popular. [6]
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Rodney Marvin McKuen (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən; né Woolever; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer.He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s.
Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949), US poet; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2010–2012; Edgar Bowers (1924–2000), US poet and Bollingen Prize in Poetry winner; Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874–1941), Polish poet, critic and translator; Mark Alexander Boyd (1562–1601), Scottish poet and mercenary; Kay Boyle (1902–1992), US writer, educator and ...
Who is she: After graduating cum laude with a Sociology degree from Harvard University in 2020, Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, her website says.
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces.With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.