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In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids, [4] written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe, her longtime partner. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time , published in 2010, [ 5 ] and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011.
And Still I Rise is Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.
Ozymandias. " Ozymandias " ( / ˌɒziˈmændiəs / o-zee-MAN-dee-əs) [ 1] is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner [ 2] of London. The poem was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other ...
Silly Verse for Kids is a collection of humorous poems, limericks and drawings for children by Spike Milligan, first published by Dennis Dobson in 1959. [1] [2] [3] Silly Verse for Kids was Milligan's first book. Many of the pieces had been written to entertain his children, who inspired some of the poems. Their lengths vary: some are as short ...
These inspirational Labor Day quotes will have you feeling thankful to live in America and appreciate the value of hard work. 55 Inspiring Labor Day Quotes From MLK Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and More ...
We've all grown up thinking that sitting too close to the television is damaging to our eyes ... but that might not be the case. Technology spawns lots of confusion ... and a few affectionately ...
Jeff Goldblum is opening up about his journey into fatherhood. In an interview with The Independent published on Sunday, Aug. 18, the actor, 71, spoke about being a dad to his sons Charlie, 9, and ...
The book The Doors, by the remaining Doors, quotes Morrison's close friend Frank Lisciandro as saying that too many people took a remark of Morrison's that he was interested in revolt, disorder, and chaos "to mean that he was an anarchist, a revolutionary, or, worse yet, a nihilist. Hardly anyone noticed that Jim was paraphrasing Rimbaud and ...