Quote by: Carl Sandburg

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.


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Author Bio


  • NameCarl Sandburg
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and editor
  • BornJanuary 6, 1878
  • DiedJuly 22, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Musicologist; Historian; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For History; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry