Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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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



Tuesday, April 07, 2026

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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