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Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an Illinois poet and folklorist. He won two Pulitzer Prizes for poetry (Corn Huskers in 1919 and Complete Poems in 1951) and one for history (Abraham Lincoln: The War Years). Chicago Poems was his first published volume of poetry, aside from a self-published pamplet in 1904. [New Windows, all]

Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].

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