Tag: poet
Phillis Wheatley: America’s First Published African American Poet
Discover the life and legacy of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, whose 1773 book challenged slavery and reshaped literary history.
The Life and Death of Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero, a senator in the late Roman Republic, left a lasting legacy of works that have been revered by scholars for millennia. His life and untimely death is history that deserves to be remembered.
Voltaire – The Sarcastic Thinker of the Enlightenment
Voltaire, pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (Nov 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778), was an 18th-century French Enlightenment philosopher, renowned for his wit and criticism of religious fanaticism and intolerance.
The Macabre Death Of Edgar Allan Poe
How much do we really know about the death of one of the most famous poets in the world?
Why should you read Sylvia Plath?
Explore the haunting and intimate works of poet Sylvia Plath, who digs into issues of mental health, trauma and sexuality in works like “The Bell Jar.”
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an African American writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Letters To A Young Poet In Three Minutes
Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of ten letters written by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Xaver Kappus, a 19-year-old officer cadet at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.
