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National Poetry Month: Female Poets

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April.

Elizabeth Bishop

Bishop's biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

Complete Poems, 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop; Elizabet Bishop
Call Number: PS3503 .I785 1969

ISBN: 0374518173

Publication Date: 1984-04-01
Nox by Anne Carson
Call Number: PS3553.A7667 N69 2010

ISBN: 0811218708

Publication Date: 2010-04-27

Anne Sexton

Sexton's biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton; Maxine Kumin (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS3537.E915 A17 1981

ISBN: 0395957761

Publication Date: 1999-04-28
Satan Says by Sharon Olds
Call Number: PS3565.L34 S2

ISBN: 0822953145

Publication Date: 1980-06-30

Brenda Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy's biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

Human Dark with Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy
Call Number: PS3569.H353 H86 2008

ISBN: 1556592760

Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Interior with Sudden Joy by Brenda Shaughnessy
Call Number: PS3569.H381 I55 1999

ISBN: 0374526982

Publication Date: 2000-06-15