Literary Library

Herman Melville

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891American novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, lecturer, sailor and customs inspectorAuthor of "Typee: A...
Boats Customs Inspector Educator Lecturer Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sail Sailor Short Story Teach Teacher Whale Whaler

Roy Sydney Porter

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1946 - March 3, 2002British historian, writer and lecturerAuthor of over 100 books including "English Society in the 18th Century", "M...
British England English Great Britain Historian Lecturer Leo Gershoy Award Writer

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

Barbara Smith

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1946 - African-American lesbian feminist, socialist, scholar, lecturer, editor and publisherAuthor of "Toward a Black Feminist Criti...
African American Editor Feminism Feminist Lecturer Lesbian LGBTQ Publisher Scholar Socialist

Joyce Kilmer

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...
Critic Editor Lecturer Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry University Writer

Angelia Thurston Newman

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1837 - April 15, 1910American poet, author, editor and lecturerAuthor of "McKinley Carnations of Memory", "An Italian Winter" and "The...
Editor Lecturer Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Mark Twain

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910American novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Author of "The Innocents Abroad", "The Adven...
Entrepreneur Humor Humorist Lecturer Novel Novelist Publisher Samuel Clemens

Gail Sheehy

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1937 - August 27, 1936American author, journalist and lecturerAuthor of seventeen books including "Passages", "The Silent Passage" an...
Journalist Lecturer

Dale Carnegie

by Angela Beck
November 24, 1888 - November 1, 1955American self-help writer and lecturerAuthor of "How to Win Friends and Influence People", "How to Stop Worryin...
Lecturer Public Speaker Self-Help Speaker

David Pietrusza

by Angela Beck
November 22, 1949 - American presidential scholar, historian, college lecturer and authorAuthor of "Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures", "1948: Har...
Baseball Harry Truman Historian Lecturer President President Roosevelt President Truman Presidential Scholar Ted Williams Theodore Roosevelt World War II

Ida Minerva Tarbell

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturerAuthor of "The History of the Standard Oil Com...
Bio Biographer Biography Investigative Reporter Journalist Lecturer Reporter