How I discovered poetry
A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America's most celebrated poets. Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty ey...
| Main Author: | Nelson, Marilyn, 1946- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Hooper, Hadley (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Speak,
2016.
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| Summary: |
A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America's most celebrated poets. Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty eye-opening poems. Readers are given an intimate portrait of her growing self-awareness and artistic inspiration along with a larger view of the world around her: racial tensions, the Cold War era, and the first stirrings of the feminist movement. |
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| Item Description: |
"The story of a renowned poet's childhood"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: |
103 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Awards: |
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book. |
| ISBN: |
0147510058 9780147510051 9781484473405 148447340X |
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