Celebrate America: In Poetry and Art

More than fifty works by America's finest poets are offered with a framework of paintings, sculpture, and photographs from the collection of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Among the noted poets and artists included in this beautiful volume are Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Li-Young Lee, Winslow Homer, William H. Johnson, Larry Yanez, and Malcah Zeldis. Together the poetry and art extol the beauty of the American landscape, reveal the wide-ranging cultural makeup of its citizenry, and impart a lively and honest understanding of how Americans have come to see their country and themselves. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.