Poet+Bios

Poet Biographies

Here you will find brief descriptions of the authors that wrote the poems featured on our Poetry page

__**Stephen Crane: **__
 * Stephen Crane was most commonly known for his pessimistic and harshly realistic poetry. He was once quoted saying, "...the most artistic and the most enduring literature was that which reflected life accurately." In Crane's poem, "War is Kind," he is very forward and direct about how war affects people. He also conveys the message that people should not mourn, but move on after losing a loved one in war because the lose of life is just another consequence of battle. **

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__**Paul Laurence Dunbar: **__
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio and was the son of former slaves. Even at a very early age, Dunbar's mother encouraged and supported his writing. His fiction most often focused on daily life in the lost world of the southern plantations but it also sometimes revolved around the social problems black people faced midwestern towns or urban ghettos. Dunbar gave readings all throughout the United States and Europe as well until he unfortunately passed away in 1906 due to tuberculosis. **



__**Edgar Lee Masters: **__
 * Edgar Lee Masters grew up in southern Illinois and briefly attended Knox College before studying law in his father's law office. He eventually passed the bar exam and moved to Chicago where he became a successful criminal lawyer. In his spare time, he wrote poems, plays ans essays which he published in a Chicago magazine. **