Marilyn Nelson
Author
(1946 - 0)
Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children’s book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former poet laureate of Connecticut. From 1978 to 1994 she published under the name of Marilyn Nelson Waniek.
Bibliography
Sweethearts of Rhythm (2009)
During World War II, a group of girls from a boarding school in Mississippi formed a swing band and toured the country.