Literary Library

Carl Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...
Academic American History American West City Historian Metropolitan Science Fiction Urban Urbanist West

David Hackett Fischer

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Academic Author Historian history National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

William K. Black

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1951 - American lawyer, academic and authorAuthor of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politici...
Academic Author Bank Banking Corporate Corporations Finance Financial Law Lawyer Money Political Politician Politics Profit Savings & Loan

Jonathan Kozol

by Angela Beck
September 5, 1936 - American writer, academic and activistAuthor of "Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Child...
Academic Activist Author National Book Award School Teacher

Glenn Loury

by Angela Beck
September 3, 1948 - African-American economist, academic and authorAuthor of "One by One From the Inside Out", "The Anatomy of Racial Inequality" ...
Academic African American Author Economics Economist Economy Harvard Money Professor Race Racial Teach Teacher

Gordon S. Wood

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1933 - American historian and professorAuthor of "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for H...
Academic American History American Revolution Benjamin Franklin Historian National Humanities Medal Professor Pulitzer Prize Thomas Jefferson US History

Sharon Olds

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1942 - American poet and professorAuthor of "The Dead and the Living" (for which she won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1983),...
Academic National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Professor Teacher

Tina McElroy Ansa

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1949 - African-American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, entrepreneur and journalistAuthor of "Baby of the Family", "Ugly Ways" and "You ...
Academic African American Film Filmmaker Novelist Teacher

Wilfred Owen

by Angela Beck
March 18, 1893 - November 4, 1918English poet and scholarAuthor of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et Decorum est" Born Wilfred Edward Salter...
Academic eng England English Poem Poet Poetry Scholar

Gary M. Pomerantz

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1960 - American journalist, writer and professorAuthor of "Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Makin...
Academic Atlanta Football Football Player Journalist News NFL Pittsburgh Professor Steelers Teacher

David J. Bell

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1969 - American novelist, professor and editorAuthor of "The Girl in the Woods", "The Hiding Place" and "The Forgotten Girls"
Academic Editor Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Bryan A. Garner

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1958 - American lawyer, lexicographer, author and teacherAuthor of "Garner's Modern English Usage", "Legal Writing in Plain English" ...
Academic Antonin Scalia Attorney Law Lawyer Legal Teacher