Wednesday, April 15, 2026
POETS/AUTHORS BORN IN APRIL
Sir Kingsley Amis
Hans Christian Andersen
Maya Angelou
Charles Baudelaire
Tom Clancy
Louise Gluck
Etheridge Knight
Yusuf Komunyakaa
Ted Kooser
John Crow Ransom
William Shakespeare
Natasha Threthwey
Emile Zola
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OBSCURE POET
MAE VIRGINIA COWDERY (1909-1953)
Born in Philadelphia, PA
Poet
Displayed her talent as a poet as a child
Attended Pratt Institute to study fashion, but was immersed by the cabarets in Harlem and Greenwich Village.
Befriended key figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
WORKS: Farewell, poem (1929)
We Lift Our Voices: And Other Poems (self published)
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