Literary Library

Scott Nearing

August 6, 1883 - August 24, 1983American economist, educator and writerAuthor of "The New Education", "The Making of a Radical" and "Civilization ...

Robert Hayden

August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...

Marvin Bell

August 3, 1937 - December 14, 2020American poet, editor and teacherAuthor of "The Book of the Dead Man", "Nightworks: Poems 1962 - 2000" and "Mars ...

Madison Smartt Bell

August 1, 1957 - American novelist and professorAuthor of "Save Me, Joe Louis", "All Souls' Rising" (for which he was a finalist for the National B...

Herman Melville

August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891American novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, lecturer, sailor and customs inspectorAuthor of "Typee: A...

Arthur Hugh Clough

January 1, 1819 - November 13, 1861English poet, educator and assistant to Florence NightingaleAuthor of "Dipsychus" and "Amours De Voyage"

Mortimer J. Adler

December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, author and professorAuthor of "Diagrammatics", "How to Read a Book...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

February 2, 1861 - March 14, 1949African-American poet, writer, playwright, community leader and educatorAuthor of "A Rhyming", "A White Song and...

Es'kia Mphahlele

December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...

Hervey Allen

December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...

Charles H. Wesley

December 2, 1891 - August 16, 1987African-American historian, educator, pastor and authorAuthor of "Collapse of the Confederacy", "Neglected Histo...

John Schlimm

December 1, 1971 - American author, activist, artist and educatorAuthor of "The Cheesy Vegan: More than 125 Plant-Based Recipes for Indulging in th...