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Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night," co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

Voltairine de Cleyre
American anarchist writer and feminist

Theodore Roethke
American poet (1907-1963)
John Sinclair
American poet (1941–2024)
Robert Hayden
American writer and academic (1913–1980)
Beverly Matherne
American writer

Elizabeth Margaret Chandler
American abolitionist and writer (1807-1834)
Edgar Guest
American writer and poet (1881-1959)
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
19th century American Indian literary author
Carolyn Forché
American writer
Beth Brant
Mohawk poet
Jane Kenyon
American poet and translator (1947–1995)
Laura Kasischke
American writer
Elizabeth Colwell
American printmaker and type designer (1881–1961)

Clayton Eshleman
American poet (1935–2021)
Benjamin Franklin King Jr.
American humorist and poet (1857–1894)
Douglas Malloch
American writer (1877–1938)
Ruth Ward Kahn
American writer, lecturer