Central Kansas Library System

A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman.

A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information.

"An exploration of the life and work of 19th-century American writer Emily Dickinson, whose poetry is known for its emotional depth as well as its unconventional rhythms and structure"--

Presents a selection of the African American poet's work which celebrates childhood, work, solitude, aging, courage, and the experience of freedom.

Profiles the life and work of the nineteenth-century poet, linguist, and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

"An exploration of the life and work of 19th-century American writer Walt Whitman, whose poetry is known for both its passionate celebration of American life and its direct, speechlike style"--

The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important black American poet.