Literary Library

Teo Savory

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1907 - November 14, 1989American novelist, poet, translator and publisherAuthor of "The Landscape of Dreams", "The Single Secret" and ...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Translator

Harriet Monroe

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1860 - September 26, 1936American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, publisher, editor and art patronAuthor of "John Wellborn Ro...
Art Critic Editor Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Poetry Magazine Publisher Scholar

George Leite

by Angela Beck
(Seen above with Anais Nin in 1946) December 20, 1920 - August 6, 1985American poet, author, publisher and bookstore ownerHe published "Circle" ma...
Audio Author Bookstore Bookstores Circle Magazine Pamphlet Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher

William Cooper Nell

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...
Abolitionist African American African American History American History American Revolution American South Journalism Journalist Patriots Publisher Slavery Slaves Underground Railroad Writer

David Bruce Smith

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1958 - American author, editor, publisher and business executiveAuthor of "Conversations with Papa Charlie", "Afternoon Tea with Mom"...
Author Business Businessman Editor Great American Book Prize John Marshall Publisher Supreme Court

Barbara Smith

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1946 - African-American lesbian feminist, socialist, scholar, lecturer, editor and publisherAuthor of "Toward a Black Feminist Criti...
African American Editor Feminism Feminist Lecturer Lesbian LGBTQ Publisher Scholar Socialist

Carolyn M. Rodgers

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1940 - April 2, 2010African-American poet, essayist, critic and publisherAuthor of "Blackbird in a Cage", "Songs of a Blackbird" and "...
African American Book Publisher Critic Essayist Essays Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Third World Press

Toni Weisskopf

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1965 - American science fiction editor and publisher of Baen BooksEdited the anthologies "Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System", "T...
Book Publisher Editor Publisher Sci-Fi Science Fiction

Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1892 - March 27, 1982American juvenile book publisher and children's book authorWas responsible for the publication and plotlines of h...
Author Book Publisher Children's Book Author Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Publisher Young Adult

William Stanley Braithwaite

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...
African American Anthologist Anthology Critic Literary Critic NAACP Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Writer

Mark Twain

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910American novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Author of "The Innocents Abroad", "The Adven...
Entrepreneur Humor Humorist Lecturer Novel Novelist Publisher Samuel Clemens

George P. Putnam

by Angela Beck
September 7, 1887 - January 4, 1950American publisher, author and explorerAuthor of "The Southland of North America", "In the Oregon Country" and ...
Adventure Amelia Earhart Author Explorer Publisher