Literary Library

Douglas Brinkley

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1961 - American author, history professor, history commentator for television news and contributing magazine editorAuthor of "The Unf...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Author Historian history JFK Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy Kennedy Magazine Magazine Editor NASA New York Historical Society Political History President Kennedy President Roosevelt Professor Roosevelt Television Television Commentator Theodore Roosevelt University White House

Truman G. Madsen

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1926 - May 28, 2009American professor of religion and philosophy and writerAuthor of "Four Essays on Love", "Defender of the Faith: Th...
Brigham Young University BYU Philosopher Philosophy Professor Religion Teach Teacher University Writer

Richard Isay

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1934 - June 28, 2012American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, professor, author and activistAuthor of "Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their...
Activist Author Professor Psychiatrist Psychoanalyst Teach Teacher University

Tom Hayden

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1939 - October 23, 2016American political and social activist, author, politician and professorAuthor of "Radical Nomads: C. Wright M...
Author Chicago 7 Chicago Seven Jane Fonda Political Political Activist Politician Politics Professor Social Critic Social Reform Teach Teacher University Vietnam Vietnam War

Samuel W. Allen

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1917 - June 27, 2015African-American writer, literary scholar, lawyer and professorAuthor of "Ivory Tusks", "Negritude and Its Relevanc...
African American Law Lawyer Literacy Literary Scholar Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Louis Kronenberger

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980American literary critic, editor, novelist, professor and biographerAuthor of "Kings and Desperate Men: Life in E...
Bio Biographer Biography Editor Literary Critic Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Ashleigh Brilliant

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1933 -  English author, cartoonist and professorAuthor of "I May Not Be Totally Perfect But Parts of Me Are Excellent and Other Brill...
Author Cartoonist Cartoons Professor Teach Teacher University

Ron Hansen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1947 - American novelist, essayist and professorAuthor "Desperadoes", "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and ...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Mary Gordon

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1949 - American novelist, memoirist, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Final Payments", "The Company of Women" and "The Shadow M...
Critic Literary Critic Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

James Tate

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Noam Chomsky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Historian history Language Languages Linguist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Activist Politics Professor Social Critic Teach Teacher University

James Lee Burke

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1936 - American writer, novelist, mystery writer and professorAuthor of "Cadillac Jukebox", "Black Cherry Blues" and "Light of the Worl...
Mystery Mystery Writer Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University Writer