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Kreiter-Foronda was born in Central Virginia in 1946. She spent her youth in Crewe, Pulaski, and Sandston, Virginia.As a young child, Carolyn avidly read poetry and wrote her first poem prior to entering elementary school.
At the age of 17 she published her first small collection of poetry, Songs to a Phantom Nightingale (1941), a few days after graduating from high school. [5] She went on to Virginia State College (now Virginia State University), and graduated in 1945 with a bachelor of arts degree. [5] She began studies at New York University in 1946, [6] but ...
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia [2] from 2004 to 2006. Since 1989, she has been teaching at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville , where she held the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English from 1993 to 2020; as of 2020, she holds ...
The position of Poet Laureate of Virginia was established December 18, 1936 by the Virginia General Assembly. [ 1 ] Originally, the Poet Laureate of Virginia was appointed without outside consultation by the General Assembly, usually for one year, in a process that has been described being "more of a political thing".
He teaches creative writing (poetry, fiction, drama), twentieth-century American poetry, and has taught the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe at Mary Washington College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Richmond. [2] Ron Smith was the Writer in Residence [4] at St. Christopher's School [5]
Daniel Webster Davis (March 25, 1862 – October 25, 1913) was an American educator, minister, and poet. He taught and ministered in Richmond, Virginia, and became a popular author and speaker, going on several speaking tours around the United States and Canada.
Anne Bethel Spencer (born Bannister; February 6, 1882 – July 27, 1975) was an American poet, teacher, civil rights activist, librarian, and gardener.She was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, despite living in Virginia for most of her life, far from the center of the movement in New York.