Modern
Carl Sandburg | Biography
October 16, 2026
Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois on January 6, 1878. He worked as a milkman, porter, stagehand, brick master, dishwasher, house painter, carpenter and a newspaper reporter. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for history...
Arthur Guiterman | Biography
October 16, 2026
Arthur Guiterman, an American poet and journalist was born on November 20, 1871. He is best known for his humorous verse and ballads dealing with American history and legends. Guiterman graduated from the College of...
Anne Sexton | Biography
October 16, 2026
Anne Sexton is a twentieth century American poet known for the frank treatment of intimate and taboo subjects. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sexton attended Garland Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1947 until 1948, when she...
Allen Ginsberg | Biography
October 16, 2026
Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was educated at Columbia University. After spending much time in Greenwich Village with William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and other Beat writers, he moved to San Francisco,...
Amiri Baraka | Biography
October 16, 2026
Amiri Baraka also known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 7th 1934. He earned a B.A. from Howard University and an M.A from Columbia University. From...
Alden Nowlan | Biography
September 26, 2026
Alden Nowlan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1933. He served as news editor of The Observer and The Telegraph Journal. Since 1968 he has been writer-in residence at the University of New...
Adrienne Rich | Biography
September 26, 2026
Adrienne Rich born in Baltimore, Maryland was an American poetess and essayist best known for her observation of the experiences of women in society. Her poems often deal with the historical development of women’s roles...
