Akron Public Library

Examines the life and accomplishments of the African American writer, performer, and teacher. Includes a selection of her poetry.

A biography of the twentieth-century American writer whose poetry combined artistic composition with word play and traditional rhyme and meter. Includes examples of his work.

A portrait of the American poet known as the Riddle of Amherst, interspersed with examples of her work.

A biography of the troubled woman whose literary achievements were cut short by her suicide at age thirty, interspersed with examples of her poetry.

An introduction to the life of William Carlos Williams accompanies a selection of his poems.

Biography of the nineteenth-century American author famous for detective stories, horror stories, and poetry.