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 * Edgar Allan Poe - **


 * Background Info **: He was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised by his aunt because his mom died when he was just 2 years old. Needless to say, this is what made his career shoot of rocket in the 1st place. He began to study about poetry at the University of Virginia. This was his hometown, even though he wasn't born here, this is where he was raised by his aunt. While he was boosting his career, he joined the military in 1827. He only did this because he had no job skills and no money. He got no money from gambling which put him debt. He started to drink and was immediately hooked, which made him become an alcoholic. With all this tragedy in his life he began to write poems about death and the struggle his life was about. During the early ages of his life, he was an editor for //Southern Literary// //Messenger// which got him hooked to publish his poems. He lost his job and couldn't find another job and needed money quickly. His best seller was //"The Raven",// which was the last volume of his poetry.

** [|Edgar Allan Poe Page] Here is a website with more information about Edgar Allan Poe* **
"Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Poe's Life, Legacy, and works: Richmond, Virginia. //"Edgar Allan Poe Museum :// //Poe's Life, Legacy, and works : Richmond, Virginia. N.p., n.d. Web 14 May 2013. (//http://www.poemuseum.org/index.php)
 * Work citied: **

"Biography of Edgar Allan Poe." //A Short Biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2013. (http://poestories.com/biography.php)

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 * Paul Zimmer - **


 * Background Info: **He was born in Canton, Ohio in 1934. There is no information about his childhood but I think that he began to write poems around his college years. He never finished college because had flunk out He went to college in Kent State University in 1968. He has wrote over 12 books filled with poems and he had won art and letter awards for his amazing work he has done. Most of his poems and books were about drama, love, humor and poems full of surprises. Some of his poems were very short and simple, but mainly he wrote long, complex books that was filled with poems. Paul Zimmer is mainly known for writing //"The Great Bird of Love".// This book consists of 45 poems about his life that is also divided into 3 different types of genres of themes. All I could find is his poems and what they are talking about, which this translates to see why he wrote the poems and what his feelings were to the poems.

** [|Paul Zimmer Page] This is a website that has more information about Paul Zimmer **
**Work Cited:** "Paul Zimmer." : The Poetry Foundation. N.p., n.d Web. 15 May 2013. (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/paul-zimmer)

"The Writer Almanac with Garrison Keillor." //Mother, Summer, I by Philip Larkin.//N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2013. (http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/author.php?auth_id=1541)

"UGA Press View Book." //UGA Press View Book.// N.p., n.d. Web 15 May 2013. (http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/crossing_to_sunlight_revisited/)

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 * Gary Soto - **


 * Background Info :** He was born on April 12th, 1952 in Fresno, California. He grew up in Fresno with mother and father till age 5 years old. He lived life without a father for the rest of his life. The funny thing is when he was younger he never though he becoming a writer and never even picked up a book because his family didn't own any books. How he became a poet was one day he picked up a book in the library college and actually read it and in the end he liked it. This is what inspired him to become a poet. After this step he took poetry classes to get to know how to write poems that some day can be published. During his later years, he attended lots of different colleges including California State University, University of California, Fresno and Fresno City College. He graduated from the University of California in 1976 with being the 1st Mexican-American to receive the Master of Fine Arts. Today he writes a lot of stories about his life and to his young readers.

** [|Gary Soto Page] Here is a website with more information about Gary Soto **
Work cited : "Gary Soto." //Gary Soto.// N.p.,n.d. Web 15 May 2013. (http://www.garysoto.com/bio.html)

"TEACHERS." //Scholastic Teachers. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2013.// (http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/gary-soto)

"Gary Soto." //: The Poetry Foundation. N.p.,n.d.// Web. 15 May 2013 (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gary-soto)