![]() He wasn't one of those famous Tuskegee airmen, but I imagine all of them were like this. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership. You know, writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest. These are sonnets, except that they don't rhyme. On choosing to write 50 poems in sonnet form "Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist," she says, "not ever quite fitting in any place." Those experiences had a profound impact on her point of view as an artist. Moving around the country as part of a military family, Nelson was often one of the first black children at her school. "The story I tell, the family story, is of the family of an African-American flying officer." So they are now the Tuskeeee Airmen," she tells All Things Considered host Arun Rath. " graduated in the last class of cadets from the flight school at Tuskegee. ![]() Each of the poems is identified with a place and a date. It's a series of 50 poems about growing up, traveling all over America in the 1950s to follow her father's job in the Air Force. ![]() Her latest work, How I Discovered Poetry, is a memoir about her own childhood. Many of her most famous collections are for children. She is a three-time finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the Newbery and Printz and Coretta Scott King awards. Marilyn Nelson is one of America's most celebrated poets. Poetry 'Black Nature': Poems Of Promise And Survival ![]()
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