Literary Library

Jimmy Santiago Baca

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1952 - American poet, memoirist and screenwriterAuthor of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (f...
American Book Award Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Movie Movies National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pushcart Prize Screenwriter

Nora Okja Keller

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1966 - Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAuthor of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award fo...
American Book Award Korea Korean Newbery Newbery Medal Novel Novelist Pushcart Prize Short Story Teach Teacher