Literary Library

Diane Wakoski

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1937 - American poetAuthor of "The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems", "Dancing On the Grave of a Son of a Bitch" and "Emerald Ice" #literarycal...
Motorcycle Motorcycles Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Annette Sanford

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1929 - American novelistAuthor of "Lasting Attachments", "Crossing Shattuck Bridge" and "Eleanor and Abel"Wrote under the pseudonyms Mary...
Lisa St. John Mary Carroll Meg Dominique Novel Novelist

Stephen Sandy

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1934 - November 7, 2016American poet and professorAuthor of "The Thread", "Weathers Permitting" and "Netsuke Days: Poems" #literarycalen...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Mitchell Smith

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1935 - American crime fiction and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Stone City", "Due North" and "Reprisal" #literarycalendar#birthdays#...
Crime Fiction Novel Novelist Science Fiction SciFi

John Kieran

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1892 - December 9, 1981American author, journalist and amateur naturalistAuthor of "A Natural History of New York City", "Not Under Oath...
Author Flowers Journalism Journalist Natural World Naturalist Nature New York News

James Baldwin

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...
African American African American History Critic Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Theater Theatre

Isabel Allende

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1942 -Chilean novelistAuthor of "The House of the Spirits", "Paula" and "City of the Beasts"Won Chile's National Prize for Literature in...
Chile Chile's National Prize for Literature Chilean National Book Award Novel Novelist Presidential Medal of Freedom

Irving Babbitt

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1869 - July 15, 1933American literary criticAuthor of "Literature and the American College", "Democracy and Leadership" and "Rousseau an...
Critic Literary Critic

Holling C. Holling

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1900 - September 7, 1973American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "Paddle To the Sea" (for which he...
Author Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Illustrator Newbery Newbery Honor

Ernest Dowson

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Bei Dao

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1949 - Chinese-born American poet, short-story writer, essayist and memoiristAuthor of "The August Sleepwalker", "Midnight's Gate" and "C...
China Chinese Chinese-American Essayist Essays Memoir Memoirist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

James St. James

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1966 - American novelist and television & internet personalityAuthor of "Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True of Murder in Clubland" ...
Internet Novel Novelist Television Television Personality TV