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April 6 Poet of the Day: Alice Dunbar Nelson

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