Literary Library

Josephine Humphries

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1945 -  American novelist and teacher Author of "Dreams of Sleep" (for which she won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 1984), "Rich...
Academic Film Guggenheim Novel Novelist PEN/Hemingway Award South Southern Southern Book Award Teach Teacher

James Dickey

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997American poet, novelist, critic, lecturer and professorAuthor of "Into the Stone and Other Poems", "Drowning wi...
Critic Guggenheim Lecturer National Book Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Langston Hughes

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967African-American poet, playwright, novelist, columnist and social activistAuthor of "The Weary Blues", "Not Withou...
Activist African American African American History Columnist Guggenheim Harlem Renaissance NAACP Newspaper Columnist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Reform Spingarn Medal Theater Theatre

Edward Ruscha

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1937 - American artist and authorAuthor of "Twentysix Gasoline Stations", "A Few Palm Trees" and "Hard Lights" His artwork was influe...
Art Artist Arts Author Guggenheim Pop Art

Bill McKibben

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1960 - American environment, author, journalist and academicAuthor of "The End of Nature", "Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlike...
Academic Author Environment Environmentalist Guggenheim Journalism Journalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Sierra Club