Literary Library

Sharon Olds

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1942 - American poet and professorAuthor of "The Dead and the Living" (for which she won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1983),...
Academic National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Professor Teacher

Annette Gorden-Reed

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1958 - African-American historian, author and law professorAuthor of "Vernon Can Read: A Memoir", "The Hemingses of Monticello: An Am...
African American American History Historian Law Law Professor National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teacher

Gary M. Pomerantz

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1960 - American journalist, writer and professorAuthor of "Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Makin...
Academic Atlanta Football Football Player Journalist News NFL Pittsburgh Professor Steelers Teacher

David J. Bell

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1969 - American novelist, professor and editorAuthor of "The Girl in the Woods", "The Hiding Place" and "The Forgotten Girls"
Academic Editor Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Theodore Roszak

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1933 - July 5, 2011American academic, historian and authorAuthor of "The Making of a Counter Culture", "Where the Wasteland Ends" and...
Academic Historian history Professor

Nelson Lichtenstein

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1944 - American professor of history and authorAuthor of "Labor's War at Home", "The Retail Revolution: How Walmart Created a Brave Ne...
Academic Historian history Professor Teacher

Katherine Weber

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1955 - American novelist, nonfiction writer and professorAuthor of "The Music Lesson", "The Memory of All That" and "Still Life with M...
Academic Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Steven Jay Greenblatt

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1943 - American Shakespearean, literary historian, editor, author and professorAuthor of "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Sh...
Academic Editor Educator Historian Literary Historian National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Shakespeare Teacher William Shakespeare

Michael Cunningham

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1952 - American novelist, screenwriter and professorAuthor of "A Home at the End of the World", "The Hours" (for which he won the Puli...
Academic Educator Film Movie Movies Novel Novelist Professor Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Teacher

Derrick Bell

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1930 - October 5, 2011African-American lawyer, professor, author and civil rights activistAuthor of "And We Are Not Saved", "Faces at ...
Activist African American African American History Attorney Civil Rights Harvard Harvard Law Harvard Law School Law Professor Lawyer Professor

Thomas Flanagan

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1923 - March 21, 2002American novelist and professorAuthor of "The Year of the French" (for which he won the National Book Critics Awar...
Academic Educator National Book Critics Award Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Daniel Gilbert

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1957 - American social psychologist, writer and professorAuthor of "Stumbling on Happiness", "Loose-Leaf Version for Introducing Psych...
Academic Educator Professor Psychologist Psychology Teacher