Marilyn Nelson

Marilyn Nelson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 26, 1946, to Melvin M. Nelson, a U.S. serviceman in the Air Force, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher. Brought up first on one military base and then another, Nelson started Письмо while still in elementary school. She earned her B.A. from the университет of California, Davis, and holds postgraduate degrees from the университет of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1970) and the университет of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1979). Her Книги include The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems (1997), which was a finalist for the 1998 Lenore Marshall...