Literary Library

Pare Lorentz

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1905 - March 4, 1992American filmmaker, critic, magazine columnist and screenwriterAuthor of "The Plow That Broke the Plains", "The R...
Columnist Critic Film Filmmaker Films Magazine Movie Movies Nuremberg Screenplay Screenwriter

Willa Cather

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and "...
Editor Magazine Magazine Editor Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Stephen Elliot

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1971 - American writer, editor and filmmakerAuthor of "Happy Baby", "The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir" and "Sometimes I Think About It"I...
Author Editor Editor-in-Chief Film Filmmaker Literary Magazine Magazine

DeWitt Wallace

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1889 - March 30, 1981American magazine publisherCofounded "Reader's Digest" with his wife, Lila Bell Wallace in 1922Was awarded the P...
Magazine President Nixon Presidential Medal of Freedom Publisher Reader's Digest Richard Nixon

Harold Ross

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951American journalist and magazine founder and editorCo-founded "The New Yorker" with his wife, Jane Grant in 1925
Editor Journalist Magazine News Newspapers The New Yorker