Anne Bradstreet: America's First Poet 
Scott Simon speaks with poet Charlotte Gordon, author of Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet.
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Study Texts on Anne Bradstreet's Poetry 
This site has biographical information, an overview on how to approach Bradstreet'swork, and the text of some of her poems.
Source: Ann Woodlief, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Anne Bradstreet
This site has biographical information and the fulltext of 13 of her poems.
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Anne Bradstreet
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28 of Bradstreet's works here.
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Perspectives in American Literature
This site has biographical information, a listing of works and study questions about Anne Bradstreet.
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Anne Bradstreet
This site has biographical information and the text of some of her poems.
Source: Academy of American Poets.
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Literary Landmark
This article about the search by Catherine A. Salmons for Anne Bradstreet's grave includes biographical information about Bradstreet.
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Anne Dudley was born in North Hampton, England in 1612. Her father was a steward for the Earl of Lincoln. She was well-educated for a woman of her time and studied history, literature, and languages. At 16 she married Simon Bradstreet. Bradstreet was the son of a Puritan minister and an assistant in the MassachusettsBay Company. Anne and her husband, along with her parents, emigrated to America in 1630. Anne and her husband had eight children. Anne, who had always loved poetry, began writing her own. Her poetry was about religion and family life. Her first collection of poetry, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts" was published in England in 1650. 
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