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How I Discovered Poetry
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Based on 635 Ratings and 165 Reviews

Book Description
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 artisti... More
Book Information
PublisherSpeak
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages112
ISBN-100147510058
ISBN-13978-0147510051
Publication Date03/08/2016
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About Marilyn Nelson (Author) : Marilyn Nelson is a published author and a translator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Marilyn Nelson include A Wreath for Emmett Till, Freedom Business, Pem... more
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