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A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers, including Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni
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9780791020647 | Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers, including Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni
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9780791020630 | Chelsea House Pub, January 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers, including Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni
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9780606075084 | Demco Media, May 1, 1994, cover price $12.20 | About this edition: A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers, including Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni
A collection of thirty biographies tells the stories of both famous and unsung poets, playwrights, journalists, and novelists whose talents and determination offer young readers encouragement and perspective, and includes photographs, a timeline, bibliography, and glossary.
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9780471175803 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, December 14, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as Phillis Wheatley, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Terry McMillan
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9780756520465 | Compass Point Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: In the 1920s and 1930s, New York Citys community of Harlem was filled with creative work in literature, art, and music.
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9780756520342 | Compass Point Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Profiles several women who contributed to the creative work of the Harlem Renaissance, including writers Nella Larsen, Jessie Fauset, and Zora Neale Hurston, artist Augusta Savage, and singer Bessie Smith.
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9781584155362 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, June 30, 2007, cover price $509.15
Product Description: After her sister taught her how to write her name, Jacqueline Woodson began writing on everything. Once she even wrote on the side of a building! (And got into trouble for it.) Prizes for writing soon followed, and in fifth grade her winning poem about Dr...read more
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9781584155331 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, December 15, 2007, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: After her sister taught her how to write her name, Jacqueline Woodson began writing on everything.
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9781433900570 | Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, January 1, 2009, cover price $36.00
From the child raised by her grandmother in a small village in Arkansas to the writer known as National Treasure, Angelou has lived a remarkable life. She rose from pain and poverty to achieve success as a dancer, an actress, a teacher and an award-winning author. Readers of Donna Brown Agins's compelling new profile will understand and appreciate why Angelou is one of the best-loved and most fascinating American writers.
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9781598453959 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2013, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: From the child raised by her grandmother in a small village in Arkansas to the writer known as National Treasure, Angelou has lived a remarkable life.
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9780766039926 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2013, cover price $27.94
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9781627128575 | Cavendish Square, August 1, 2014, cover price $12.93 | About this edition: A biography of the author best known for her book, "Miracle's Boys," provides details on her childhood, career, and personal achievements.
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9781627128551 | Cavendish Square, August 1, 2014, cover price $29.93
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