Literary Library

James Tate

December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...

Noam Chomsky

December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...

James Lee Burke

December 5, 1936 - American writer, novelist, mystery writer and professorAuthor of "Cadillac Jukebox", "Black Cherry Blues" and "Light of the Worl...

Wen Shaoxian

December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...

Peter Reuter

December 4, 1944 - American criminologist, economist, writer and professorAuthor of "Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs", "Draining Develop...

David K. Shipler

December 3, 1942 - American author, journalist and professorAuthor of "Solemn Dreams" (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1983), "Ar...

Richard Stites

December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...

George Saunders

December 2, 1958 - American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books and novels and journalist and professorAuthor of "Lincoln ...

David Hackett Fischer

December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...

John Schlimm

December 1, 1971 - American author, activist, artist and educatorAuthor of "The Cheesy Vegan: More than 125 Plant-Based Recipes for Indulging in th...

Azar Nafisi

December 1, 1948 - Iranian-born American writer and professorAuthor of "Reading Lolita in Tehran", "Things I've Been Silent About" and "The Republ...

Tayari Jones

November 30, 1970 - African-American novelist and professorAuthor of "Leaving Atlanta", "The Untelling" and "Silver Sparrow"#literarycalendar#birt...