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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
American Writers Quiz
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World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Britannica’s Book Bingo
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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
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What Comes After Terabyte?
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Why Do Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket?
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Timeline of the 1990s
Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.
9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals
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What’s the Difference Between Llamas and Alpacas?

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Also Known As Mary Jessamyn West
Born July 18, 1902 • Indiana
Died February 23, 1984 (aged 81) • Napa • California
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Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
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Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
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Paul Auster
Paul Auster
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James Agee
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James Dickey
American poet
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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William Faulkner
William Faulkner
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Tillie Olsen
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Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
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Alice Walker
Alice Walker
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
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James McBride
James McBride
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Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
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John G. Neihardt
John G. Neihardt
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
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John Grisham
John Grisham
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Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
American Writers Quiz