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Maya Angelou(/ˈændʒəloʊ/(listen)AN-jə-loh;[1][2]bornMarguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928– May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, andcivil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.[3]Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first,I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.Bio via Wikipedia

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, poet and choreographer Harmony Holiday is the daughter of Northern Soul singer/songwriter Jimmy Holiday. Her father died when she was five, and she and her mother moved to Los Angeles. Holiday earned a BA in rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley and an MFA at Columbia University. She is the author ofNegro League Baseball(2011), winner of the Fence Books Motherwell Prize;Go Find your Father/A Famous Blues(Ricochet Editions, 2013), a “dos-a-dos” book featuring poetry, letters, and essays; andHollywood Forever(Fence Books, 2017), which she is turning into an afroballet. She is currently working on a biography of Abbey Lincoln and an epic calledM a a f A(Fence, 2020), an exploration of reparations and the body.Bio via Poetry Foundation

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride",The Song of Hiawatha, andEvangeline. He was the first American to translateDante Alighieri'sDivine Comedyand was one of thefireside poetsfrom New England.Bio via Wikipedia

Li-Young Lee(李立揚,pinyin: Lǐ Lìyáng) (born August 19, 1957) is an Americanpoet. He was born inJakarta,Indonesia, toChineseparents.[1]His maternal great-grandfather wasYuan Shikai, China's first Republican President,[2]who attempted to make himself emperor. Lee's father, who was a personal physician toMao Zedongwhile in China, relocated his family to Indonesia, where he helped foundGamaliel University. In 1959 the Lee family fled Indonesia to escape widespread anti-Chinese sentiment and after a five-year trek throughHong KongandJapan, they settled in the United States in 1964. Li-Young Lee attended theUniversity of Pittsburgh, theUniversity of Arizona, and theState University of New York at Brockport.Bio via Wikipedia.

Richard Purdy Wilbur(March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the secondPoet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congressin 1987 and received thePulitzer Prize for Poetrytwice, in 1957 and 1989.[1]Bio via Wikipedia

Thomas HardyOM(2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. AVictorian realistin the tradition ofGeorge Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry byRomanticism, including the poetry ofWilliam Wordsworth.[1]He was highly critical of much inVictoriansociety, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his nativeSouth West England.While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such asFar from the Madding Crowd(1874),The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886),Tess of the d'Urbervilles(1891), andJude the Obscure(1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly theGeorgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded byEzra Pound,W. H. AudenandPhilip Larkin.[2]Bio via Wikipedia

Ursula Askham Fanthorpe,CBE,FRSL(22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet, who published asU. A. Fanthorpe. Her poetry comments mainly on social issues.Bio via Wikipedia

Elinor Morton Wylie(September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an Americanpoetand novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry."[1]Bio via Wikipedia

William Carlos Williams(September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated withmodernismandimagism.In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing bothpediatricsand general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief of pediatrics from 1924 until his death. The hospital, which is now known asSt. Mary's General Hospital, paid tribute to Williams with a memorial plaque that states "We walk the wards that Williams walked".[1]Bio via Wikipedia