Anaïs Nin

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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Periods of American Literature

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9 American Countercultural Books

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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Causes of the Great Depression

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Anaïs Nin: Facts & Related Content

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Born	February 21, 1903 • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Died	January 14, 1977 (aged 73) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“A Spy in the House of Love” • “Cities of the Interior” • “D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study” • “Delta of Venus: Erotica” • “Four-Chambered Heart, The” • “Ladders to Fire” • “Solar Barque”

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Paul Auster

Paul Auster

American author

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman

American author

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American author

Pearl Buck.

Pearl S. Buck

American author

Simms, detail of an engraving published by Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861

William Gilmore Simms

American novelist

Louis Auchincloss (centre) with Pres. George W. Bush and Laura Bush after receiving the National Medal of Arts, 2005.

Louis Auchincloss

American author

Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

American author

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith

American writer

Ann Petry

American author and journalist

Elizabeth Hardwick

American writer

Meridel Le Sueur

American author

Paul Horgan

American author

Alice Brown.

Alice Brown

American author

Albert Halper

American author

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

American writer

Anzia Yezierska

American author

Junot Díaz

Dominican-born American writer

Michael Cunningham

American author

Richard Matheson

American author and screenwriter

Quiz

Photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Acme newspicture 1939.

Women in Art and Literature: Who Said It?

Books. Reading. Publishing. Print. Literature. Literacy. Rows of used books for sale on a table.

A Study of Writers