Literary Library

James Dickey

February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997American poet, novelist, critic, lecturer and professorAuthor of "Into the Stone and Other Poems", "Drowning wi...

Barbara Smith

December 16, 1946 - African-American lesbian feminist, socialist, scholar, lecturer, editor and publisherAuthor of "Toward a Black Feminist Criti...

Joyce Kilmer

December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...

Angelia Thurston Newman

December 4, 1837 - April 15, 1910American poet, author, editor and lecturerAuthor of "McKinley Carnations of Memory", "An Italian Winter" and "The...

Mark Twain

November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910American novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Author of "The Innocents Abroad", "The Adven...

Gail Sheehy

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

Dale Carnegie

November 24, 1888 - November 1, 1955American self-help writer and lecturerAuthor of "How to Win Friends and Influence People", "How to Stop Worryin...

David Pietrusza

November 22, 1949 - American presidential scholar, historian, college lecturer and authorAuthor of "Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures", "1948: Har...

Ida Minerva Tarbell

November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturerAuthor of "The History of the Standard Oil Com...