Zulfikar Ghose

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Zulfikar Ghose: Facts & Related Content

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Born

March 13, 1935 (age 90) • Siālkot • India

Notable Works

“A Different World” • “A New History of Torments” • “Crump’s Terms” • “Don Bueno” • “Hulme’s Investigations into the Bogart Script” • “Shakespeare’s Mortal Knowledge: A Reading of the Tragedies” • “The Beautiful Empire” • “The Contradictions” • “The Incredible Brazilian” • “The Native” • “The Triple Mirror of the Self” • “Thev Loss of India”

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

American writer

Tillie Olsen

American author

Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

American author

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Rita Dove

Rita Dove

American author

Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry

American author

N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

American author

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

American author, photographer, and film director

Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

American writer and aviator

Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson

American critic

Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed

American author

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

American author

Ameen Rihani

Arab American author and political figure

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

John Updike

John Updike

American author

Thomas Merton, 1959

Thomas Merton

American writer

Stein, Gertrude

Gertrude Stein

American writer

Hearn, Lafcadio

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

American writer

Willa Cather

Willa Cather

American author

Quiz

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

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry