Jonathan Aaron
Jonathan Aaron is the author of the poetry collection Journey to the Lost City (Ausable Press, 2006).
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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928.Read more about >
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Read more about >Ada Limón is the author of The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018) and Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Amanda Gorman
Read more about >The first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman is the author of The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough (Penmanship Books, 2015).
Maria Rodriguez-Morales
Read more about >Maria Rodriguez-Morales is the author of Brooklyn’s Daughter (Creative Ink Press, 2014).
Photo credit: Marion Ettlinger Meena Alexander
Read more about >Meena Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, in 1951. Her poetry collections include Atmospheric Embroidery (TriQuarterly Books, 2018).
Photo credit: Chris Taggart Tina Chang
Born in 1969, Tina Chang was a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award from the Asian American Writers Workshop for her debut collection Half-Lit Houses. She is the poet laureate of Brooklyn.Read more about >