April Poet of the Day is Alice Dunbar Nelson. In addition to writing poems, Alice Dunbar Nelson also wrote stories and essays. Read about this amazing writer here:
Additional resources:
National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/daav/historyculture/aliceruthmooredunbarslifestory.htm
Poets.Org: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22668
Modern American Poetry: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar-nelson/dunbar-nelson.htm
Voices from the Gaps: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/nelsonAlice.php
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