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How I Discovered Poetry


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 art... More
Book Information
PublisherDial Books For Young Readers
BindingKindle Edition (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages113
ISBN-10B00DMCPHXI
Publication Date01/14/2014
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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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About Hadley Hooper (Illustrator) : Hadley Hooper is a published illustrator. A published credit of Hadley Hooper is The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse.
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