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The Academy of American Poets was created in 1934 in New York City by 23-year-old Marie Bullock [8] with a mission to "support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry." In 1936, the Academy of American Poets was officially incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Marie Bullock was the ...
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Stanley Plumly (May 23, 1939 – April 11, 2019) [1] was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program. Biography [ edit ]
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers.This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature.
David Pollock Young (born December 14, 1936) is an American poet, translator, editor, literary critic and professor. His work includes 11 volumes of poetry, translations from Italian, Chinese, German, Czech, Dutch, and Spanish, critical work on Shakespeare, Yeats, and modernist poets, and landmark anthologies of prose poetry and magical realism.
The Fireside Poets (also known as the "Schoolroom" or "Household Poets") were a group of American poets from New England. The group is usually described as comprising Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , William Cullen Bryant , John Greenleaf Whittier , James Russell Lowell , and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (1973) This is Women's Work. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1974) Contemporary Fiction: Today's Outstanding Writers (1976) 19+1: An Anthology of San Francisco Poetry (1978) Second Coming Anthology (1984) A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation (1997) The Outlaw Bible of American ...
The Library of Congress produces a guide to American poetry inspired by the 9/11 attacks, including anthologies and books dedicated to the subject. [33] [34] Robert Pinsky has a special place in American poetry as he was the poet laureate of the United States for three terms. [35] No other poet has been so honored.