... have been many outstanding authors who have significantly influenced the world of literature. Each of them displayed a unique style and a certain literary charisma that kept readers spellbound. Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Terry McMillan, and Maya Angelou are just a few of the many talented authors that have gained popularity through literature. However, one name stands far above the rest. Although many think ... ...

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... as Ezra Pound and T.S. Elliot, under the guidance of a rich Chicago socialite by the name of Inez Stark. Influences such as these poets, along with a variety of others from Emily Dickinson to ee cUMMINGS, influenced her writing. Her first book was A Street in Bronzeville, a name journalists gave to a black ghetto in Chicago. In this book of poems she chronicles the laments ... ...

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... Allen, Maud Martha, Bronzeville Boys and Girls, The Bean Eaters, Selected Poems, In the Mecca, Riot, Report from Part One, Blacks, and Children Coming Home. Her work shows influences from Dickinson, Robinson, Frost, Dunbar, Cullen, and Melvin Tolson. Through out her career she received numerous awards. In 1943 she was awarded the Midwestern Writers" Conference Poetry Award. Every year following she ... ...

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