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Marilyn Nelson

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The United States

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female

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Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs

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Marilyn Nelson is the author of many acclaimed books for young people and adults, including CARVER: A LIFE IN POEMS, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and A WREATH FOR EMMETT TILL, a Printz Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She also translated THE LADDER, a picture book by Halfdan Rasmussen. She lives in East Haddam, Connecticut.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 1,838 ratings · 473 reviews · 24 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson, Philippe Lardy (Illustrations) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carver: A Life in Poems 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson, Tonya C. Hegamin 3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson, Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem by Marilyn Nelson, Pamela Espeland (Annotations) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweethearts of Rhythm by Marilyn Nelson, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrations) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color by Marilyn Nelson, Elizabeth Alexander, Floyd Cooper 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful Ballerina by Marilyn Nelson, Susan Kuklin (Goodreads Author) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ostrich and Lark by Marilyn Nelson, Artists of the Kuru Art Project in Botsw (Illustrator) 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What is gentlest in love is love's violence.
Losing yourself in love, you reach love's goal.
Love makes you suffer, as love makes you whole.
Love steals your everything and makes you rich.
Love is both meaningless and poetry.
Captured by love, by love you are set free.”
― Marilyn Nelson

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“How sweet it is to let God purge our souls of ego and bitterness, and to have a little taste of heaven here on earth.”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems

5 people liked it

“I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you.

—George Washington Carver”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems

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The Newbery Award...: 2002 Honor - Carver: A Life in Poems	1	5	Feb 08, 2010 09:41am
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