Literary Library

John Selby

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1945 - American psychologist, teacher and authorAuthor of "Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra Activation and Spiritual Gro...
Author Chakras Kundalini Psychologist Psychology School Spiritual Teach Teacher

Elizabeth Kostova

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1964 - American novelist and teacherAuthor of "The Historian", "The Swan Thieves" and "The Shadow Land"
Novel Novelist School Teach Teacher

Matthew Arnold

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...
British Critic Culture England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Bern Nadette Stanis

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1953 - African-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAmerican actress and authorAuthor of "Situations 101: Relationships, ...
Actor African American Novel Novelist School Short Story Teach Teacher

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1861 - March 14, 1949African-American poet, writer, playwright, community leader and educatorAuthor of "A Rhyming", "A White Song and...
African American African American History Community Leader Education Educator Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Principal School Teach Teacher Writer

Amy Hempel

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1951 - American short story writer, journalist and teacherAuthor of "Reasons to Live", "The Dog of the Marriage" and "Collected Stori...
Ambassador Award Journalism Journalist PEN/Malamud Award Rea Award School Short Story Teach Teacher

Grace Paley

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007American short story writer, poet, teacher and political activistAuthor of "The Little Disturbances of Man", "En...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Political Activist Pulitzer Prize School Short Story Teach Teacher

Susanna Moore

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1945 - American writer, teacher and modelAuthor of "My Old Sweetheart" (for which she was a finalist for the First Novel National Book...
Model National Book Award School Teach Teacher Writer

Joan W. Blos

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - October 12, 2017American children's book writer, teacher and children's literacy advocateAuthor of "A Gathering of Days: A New E...
Author Children's Book Author Literacy National Book Award Newbery Newbery Medal School Teach Teacher

Hervey Allen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...
Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry School Teach Teacher

Henry Timrod

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
American South Confederacy Correspondent Editor Law Lawyer Poem Poems Poet Poetry School South South Carolina Southern Southern History Teach Teacher

Mark Salzman

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1959 - American writer and teacherAuthor of "Iron & Silk", "The Soloist" and "Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia" #litera...
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