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Also Known As May Sullivan
Born January 26, 1899 • Washington, D.C. • United States
Died February 8, 1995 (aged 96) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Movement / Style Harlem Renaissance
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Angelina Weld Grimké
American dramatist
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
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Sonia Sanchez
American poet, playwright, and educator
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange
American author
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Ed Bullins
American playwright
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
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Owen Dodson
American author and educator
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
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Richard Nugent
American writer, artist and actor
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Portrait of Shel Silverstein with a bald head and beard, leaning forward with hands clasped and a thoughtful expression.
Shel Silverstein
American illustrator and author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Frank O'Hara
Frank O’Hara
American poet
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Hildegarde Flanner
American writer
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
American author
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren
American writer and historian
Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan
American priest and poet
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Edna St. Vincent Millay
American writer
H.D.
H.D.
American poet

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