Literary Library

Diane Wakoski

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1937 - American poetAuthor of "The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems", "Dancing On the Grave of a Son of a Bitch" and "Emerald Ice" #literarycal...
Motorcycle Motorcycles Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Stephen Sandy

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1934 - November 7, 2016American poet and professorAuthor of "The Thread", "Weathers Permitting" and "Netsuke Days: Poems" #literarycalen...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

James Baldwin

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...
African American African American History Critic Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Theater Theatre

Ernest Dowson

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Bei Dao

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1949 - Chinese-born American poet, short-story writer, essayist and memoiristAuthor of "The August Sleepwalker", "Midnight's Gate" and "C...
China Chinese Chinese-American Essayist Essays Memoir Memoirist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Walter Griffin

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1937 - November 30, 2020American poetAuthor of ten collections of poetry including "Night Music" (for which he was the winner of the Inte...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Hugh Seidman

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1940 - November 9, 2023American poet and professorAuthor of "Collecting Evidence", "Blood Lord" and "Throne Falcon Eye"Won 3 National End...
National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

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

Anne Hebert

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Le Torrent", "Kamouraska" and "In the Shadow...
Canada Canadian Governor General Award Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Arthur Hugh Clough

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1819 - November 13, 1861English poet, educator and assistant to Florence NightingaleAuthor of "Dipsychus" and "Amours De Voyage"
British Educate Education Educator England English English Poetry Florence Nightengale Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Norman Rosten

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1913 - March 7, 1995American poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriterAuthor of "Thrive Upon the Rock", "Mister Johnson", "Over and Ou...
Film Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Screenwriter

Charles Badger Clark

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957American Cowboy poetAuthor of "Sun and Saddle Leather", "Round Mountain Range" and "Pawnee Dawn"Named the first...
American West Cowboy Cowboys Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry South Dakota