Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
OBSCURE POET
HELENE JOHNSON. (1906-1995)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Poet
Attended Boston University & Columbia University
Became part of the Harlem Renaissance
Her work combines description of ghetto life and the roots of her people
Published poems n small magazines during the 1920s and early 1930s
Didn't publish any poems after the mid 1930s though she continued writing.
Affected by osteoporosis in later years
Monday, April 20, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026
Thursday, April 09, 2026
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
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)
Monday, April 06, 2026
Sunday, April 05, 2026
Friday, April 03, 2026
Thursday, April 02, 2026
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
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