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Malcolm Jarod Mitchell (born July 20, 1993) is an American author, poet, and former professional football player. He played as a wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Mitchell played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was selected by New England in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft.
In high school, for her senior thesis, she modeled hers after Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah, which allowed her to recognize that poetry was going to be her medium for storytelling. [9] While growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, Jones struggled with recognizing her hometown as a place that was worthy of her love. She loathed the history of her ...
Alan Katz focuses on writing humor for kids. Among his 50 books are picture books, song parody books, poetry books, middle grade chapter books, early readers, even a few board books and game ...
Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934.After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining the U.S. Army.Following his three-year service obligation, he enrolled at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, where he received a B.A. in English in 1959 and fell just short of the requirements for an M.A. in 1962.
California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, who celebrates the state in "My California," joins the L.A. Times Book Club on Dec. 12. From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always ...
His father worked in a glass factory, and his mother in a laundry. Neither parent had received more than an eighth grade education. Wright suffered a nervous breakdown in 1943, and he graduated a year late from high school, in 1946. [1] After graduating from high school, Wright enlisted in the U.S. Army and participated in the occupation of Japan.
According to the Poetry Foundation, Coleman wrote her first poems at age 5 and had her first ones published in a local newspaper at age 13. [5] After graduating from John C. Fremont High School in Los Angeles, Wanda Evans enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College in Van Nuys, California.
After being appointed Poet Laureate in July 2006, Carolyn launched a Poetry Book Giveaway Project. White Pine Press, University of Arkansas Press, and the Poetry Society of Virginia have contributed books, poetry DVDs, and CDs to this effort. Carolyn has distributed these educational materials to universities and high schools throughout Virginia.