Literary Library

Jeffrey Lyons

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1944 - American television and film critic and writerAuthor of "Jeffrey Lyons' 100 Great Movies for Kids", "Curveballs and Screwballs" ...
Critic Film Film Critic Television TV TV Critic

C. K. Williams

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1936 - September 20, 2015American poet, critic and translatorAuthor of "Flesh and Blood" (for which he was a finalist for the Pulitze...
Critic Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Joe Queenan

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1950 - American satirist and criticAuthor of "The Unkindest Cut", "Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America"...
Critic Humor Humorist Satire Satirist

Thomas Mallon

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1951 - American novelist, essayist and criticAuthor of "Henry and Clara", "Mrs. Paine's Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy" and ...
Critic Essayist Essays no Novel Novelist Reagans The Reagans

Michelle Cliff

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1946 - June 12, 2016Jamaican-American novelist, short story writer, poet and literary criticAuthor of "Abeng", "No Telephone to Heaven"...
Critic Jamaica Jamaican Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story

R. W. B. Lewis

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1917 - June 13, 2002American literary scholar and criticAuthor of "The Poetry of Hart Crane: A Critical Study", "Edith Wharton: A Biogr...
Bio Biographer Biography Critic Literary Scholar Pulitzer Prize Scholar

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1636 - March 13, 1711French poet and criticAuthor of "Satires", "The Art of Poetry" and "Le Lutrin: An Heroick Poem"
Critic France French Poem Poet Poetry