Books & Co. records 1978-1997

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

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Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. His father, Cornelius, a salesman who was largely absent had a bad relationship with Tennessee, the second of his three children. Consequently, Tennessee was raised predominantly by his mother, Edwina, and maternal grandparents. His often strained and disturbed family life became the fodder for many of his plays. After moving to New Orleans in his late 20s, and adopting the name Tenn...

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988

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B. September 2, 1911in Charlotte, N.C;d. 1988. From the description of Romy Bearden : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 539064129 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Romare Bearden, 1968 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81776639 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an African-American primitive painter from New York, N.Y. From the...

Allen, Woody, 1935-

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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, November 30, 1935, The Bronx, New York), American filmmaker, actor, and comedian. Allen began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. In the early 1960s he performed as a stand-up comedian. In the late 1960s he began writing, directing, and starring film....

Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993

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Thomas J. Watson, Jr., was born in New York on Jan. 8, 1914. His parents were Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and Jeanette Kittredge Watson. Watson, Sr. was the founder of International Business Machines (IBM). Thomas J. Watson, Jr., attended the Hun School in Princeton, N.J. He graduated from Brown University in 1937. After traveling in Europe and the Far East in 1937, Watson to went work as a sales representative for IBM. He married Olive Field Cawley in 1941. During World War II, Watson joined the ...

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author, lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author's in the 1950's and early 1960's along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997. From the description of Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019390 ...

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017

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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...

Avedon, Richard, 1923-2004

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Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance....

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

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First Lady Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis was a symbol of strength for a traumatized nation after the assassination of one the country’s most energetic political figures, President John F. Kennedy, who served from 1961 to 1963. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a beautiful young wife and the first young children of a President in half a century. She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Verno...

Hollander, John, 1929-2013

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John Hollander was born in New York City on October 28, 1929. He attended Columbia and Indiana Universities and was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. He is the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Picture Window (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003), Figurehead: And Other Poems (1999), Tesserae (1993), Selected Poetry (1993), Harp Lake (1988), Powers of Thirteen (1983), Spectral Emanations (1978), Types of Shape (1969), and A Cracklin...

Vollmann, William Tanner, 1959-

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William T. Vollmann, 1959-, Santa Monica, California. Educated at Deep Springs College, Cornell University, and the University of California at Berkeley. Vollmann is a complex and innovative novelist and journalist who has often mixed the two genres, and who often includes autobiographical elements in the mix. He is also an artist and photographer, and has included this kind of work in his books. In addition, he is a maker of artists' book, and distributes them through his own press, Cotangent P...

Norman, Howard

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O'Brien, Patrick

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Susan, Sontag

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Phillips, Robert

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Epithet: musicologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0000db Epithet: of Wispington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000352 Epithet: goldsmith British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000351 Epithet: MP for Bath B...

Dan Gerber

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Koren, Edward.

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Edward Koren was born December 13, 1935, in New York, New York. He became an associate professor of art at Brown U. in Providence, R. I. He has written several self-illustrated books for children. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 5 From the guide to the Edward Koren Papers, 1969, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...

Raines, Howell

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The Trollope Society.

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Pomeray, Ralph

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Carey, Peter, LL. M.

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Epithet: Colonel; Military Secretary, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000079 Epithet: of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x00007d Epithet: Major-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Rushdie, Salman

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Salman Rushdie (1947- ) is an Indian born British novelist, essayist, and critic. From the description of Salman Rushdie papers, 1947-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233575208 ...

Kamp, Vicki

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John Rabinowitz.

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Barry Gifford

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Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-....

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Keene, Donald.

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Donald L. Keene (b. 1922) is a professor of Japanese at Columbia University. From the description of Donald Keene manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 506124119 ...

Ozick, Cynthia, 1928-

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Cynthia Ozick has published novels, criticism, essays, and short stories. Her fiction is serious, careful, and passionately written, often involving the theme of Judaism in a Christian world. Her deeply distinctive writing style, philosophical themes, and diverse output have made her one of the most honored and respected contemporary American authors. From the description of Cynthia Ozick letter to Joshua Welsh, 1999 April 6. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record...

Rabinowitz, Jonathan

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Gyson, Brion

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Johnson, Cathy

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Merrill, James (3)**

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Turtle Point Press

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Dunne, Dominick

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Harrison, Jim, 1937-....

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0003e6 Epithet: Secretary, Finance Committee, Hull Trades and Labour Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0003e5 Jim Harrison (1937-), poet and novelist. From the description of Suite entire : the complete poems of Jim Harrison, 1998. (Unknown). ...

Weld, Jacqueline (4)***

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Paterson, Judith

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Ed Koren

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Kaplan, Max, 1911-1998

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Epithet: Dr writer and lecturer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00036d ...

Blount, Roy Jr. (2)

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Scott Spencer

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Salzman, Mark

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Robin, Robert

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Gray, Francine du Plessix.

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American Catholic author; b. 1930. From the description of Francine du Plessix Gray collection, 1947-1994. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958556 ...

Simon, Neil, 1927-2018

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Neil Simon (b. Marving Neil Simon, July 4, 1927, Bronx, New York-d. August 26, 2018, Manhattan, New York), American playwright, screenwriter and author....

Howells, Michael

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Kress, Joscelyn (2)**

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Howells, Michael (2)*

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Sevenson, May

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Fran Lebowitz.

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Gill, Brendan (3**)

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Conroy, Pat, 1945-2016

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Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy, (b. October 26, 1945, Atlanta, Georgia-d. March 4, 2016, Beaufort, South Caronlina), American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature....

Yau, John (2)

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Lewis, Stan

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Eberstadt, Fernanda, 1960-....

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Paley, Grace, 1922-2007

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Grace Paley (b. Grace Goodside, Dec. 11, 1922, Bronx, NY-d. Aug. 22, 2007, Thetford, VT) attended Hunter College and The New School where she studied with W. H. Auden. She married June 20, 1942, Grace Goodside married cinematographer Jess Paley in 1942 and had two children before getting divorced. Paley married poet Robert Nichols 1n 1972. She taught at Sarah Lawrence College. Her first collection was published in 1959. A known pacifist and social activist, Paley joined the War Resisters Leagu...

Hughes, Robert

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Epithet: alias Rhobin Ddu British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x00002c The Slater's directory of North and Mid Wales verifies that there was a butcher, R. Hughes, living at Bodlondeb House in Llanfairfechan in 1895. From the guide to the Llanfairfechan Butcher Ledgers, 1915-1935, (Bangor University) Epithet: Mayor of Wexford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue ...

Cheever, Susan (2)

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Reiss, James

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Wegman, William

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William Wegman (1943- ) is a photographer, New York, N.Y. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director, iCI; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with William Wegman, 2008 Mar. 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 226956609 ...

Conroy, Frank

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Hanhardt, John

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Kincaid, Jamaica, 1949-

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Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Potter Richardson, May 25, 1949, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She lives in North Bennington, Vermont and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University during the academic year....

Smith, Court

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Shawn, Wallace

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Danticat, Edwidge (2)

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Buren, Shirley

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Peck, Dale.

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Pietri, Pedro, 1944-2004

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Burt Britton

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Hitchcock, Jane S. (2)**

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Philbrook, Peter**

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Trevor Winkfield

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Schultz, Philip

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Rudman, Mark

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Mailer, Norman

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Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1923 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduation from Boys High School, he later graduated from Harvard University. Mailer served two years in Leyte, Luzon and Japan during World War II. In 1948, he produced his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, considered by many critics to be one of the most important novels to emerge from the second world war. Mailer's second novel, Barbary Shore, was described by its author as a "product of inten...

Lewis, Stanley

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Quinn, Alice

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William J. Kistler

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Donleavy, J. P. (left)

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Lauterbach, Ann, 1942-....

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Tucci, Niccolo**

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Gifford, Barry

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Mendelson, Jane

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Rosenthal, Deborah

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Braziller, George

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Larson, Carrie**

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Shapiro, David, 1946-....

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Carbone, David

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Cynthia Zarin.

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Coe, Christopher

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Watson, Jeannette (2)*

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Ferrel, Anderson

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Burgin, Richard, 1892-1981

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Davies, Robertson (7)

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Broido, Lucy Brock

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Noguchi, Isamu

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Koren, Alfred

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Gay, Peter

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Watson, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 38286 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000185 Epithet: clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000182 Epithet: of Add MS 35616 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000184 Epi...

Gimbel, Wendy (2)

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Stern, Gerald

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Wright, Stephen (Stephen Graham)

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Epithet: Master-mason to the Board of Works British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000200 ...

Lithgow, John

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Jeannette Watson

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Rick Fields

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Soloman, Andrew

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Pinsky, Robert

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BIOGRAPHY Robert Pinsky, poet and literary critic, was born in 1940 in Long Beach, New Jersey. He studied English at Rutgers University (B.A., 1962) and Stanford University (M.A. and Ph.D., 1967). He has taught at the University of Chicago (1966-67), Wellesley College (1967-1980), and the University of California, Berkeley (1980-present). Since 1979, Pinsky has been poetry editor for The New Republic. Pinsky has published two volu...

Bagpiper

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Puig, Manuel

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Giorno, John (2)

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Ilona A. Vitarius

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Dujin Rinpoche.

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Taylor, Benjamin

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Ray Blount, Jr.

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Harrison, Jim (2)*

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Scott, Susan (Susanna Johanna)

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Plimpton, George

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Britton, Burt, 1933-

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Ted Wilentz

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Robert Thurman

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Asbury, John

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Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991

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Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. From the description of Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1955-1981. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 700038813 ...

Goldberger, Paul.

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Cooke, Hope, 1940-

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Hope Cooke (born June 24, 1940) was the Gyalmo (Queen Consort) of the 12th Chogyal (King) of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal. Their wedding took place in March 1963. She was termed Her Highness The Crown Princess of Sikkim and became the Gyalmo of Sikkim at Palden Thondup Namgyal's coronation in 1965. Palden Thondup Namgyal eventually was the last king of Sikkim as a protectorate state under India. By 1973 Sikkim was merged into India. Five months after the takeover of Sikkim had begun, Cooke ...

Watson, Jeannette(3;2)*

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Lopate, Phillip

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Barnes, Julian

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Cheever, Susan

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Matthew Capstein

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Tuck, Lucy

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Richard, Mark

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Katherine Washburn

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Scot, Barbara J., 1942-

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Steloff, Frances

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Cunningham, Michael

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Mark Salzman

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Canin, Ethan

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Peter Philbrook.

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Penn, Barbara (2)

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Coe, Christopher (3)

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Thomas, Abigail

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Levine, Philip

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Maxwell, William

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Epithet: of Carriden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0002d8 Epithet: of Add MS 38224 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0001e6 Title: 5th Earl of Nithsdale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0002da Epithet: Colonel ...

Allende, Isabel

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Barry, Hannah

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Eberstadt's (2**)

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Jane Stanton Hitchcock

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Mitchell, Steven

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Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994

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Francis Steegmuller was a biographer of French literary figures such as Cocteau, Apollinaire and Flaubert. He also translated French literature. From the description of Letters from Douglas Cooper, 1966-1997. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78011580 Alfred Kazin was an American essayist, literary critic, and historian. From the guide to the Alfred Kazin collection of papers, 1933-1990, 1933-1978, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A...

Fuentes, Carlos

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Sorrentino, Gilbert (2)

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Harvey, Andrew, LL. B.

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Genser, Cynthia

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Perrotta, Tom, 1961-...

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Robert Kimber

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Kramer, Larry

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Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00039e Larry Kramer is an American playwright, author, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He graduated from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English, and is the author of several novels, including Faggots (1978), and plays, including The Normal Heart (1985) and Destiny of Me (1992), which explore themes related to gay life and the ...

Cambor, Kathleen

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Auster, Paul, 1947-....

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Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator. From the description of Paul Auster collection of papers, 1999-2006 2000-2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 770725385 From the guide to the Paul Auster Papers, 1963-1995, 1972-mid-1995, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) From the guide to the Paul Auster collection of papers, 19...

Dunne, Dominick (3)*

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Callisher, Hortense

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Kotzwinkle, William.

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William Kotzwinkle was born November 22, 1938, in Scranton, PA. He became a writer of both adult and children's books. His writings for children tend to be straightforward. He feels that much of the writing for children is patronizing, so in his own writing he tries to respect children and avoid looking down at them. In his collection of Inspector Mantil Mysteries, for children, he spoofs Sherlock Holmes with a Mantis detective solving crimes Holmes style in a world populated entire...

Ignatow, David (3)

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Griesemer, John.

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Ng, Fae Myenne, 1956-

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Paul, Arthur

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McDonald, Joan (standing)

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Dan Rather

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John Snyder

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Perl, Jed

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MacDonald, Jennifer (Jennifer Ellen)

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Swift, Graham

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Guare, John

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John Guare, American playwright, was born in New York City on February 5, 1938 and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. He was interested in theatre from a young age, writing his first play, "Universe," at age eleven. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University (1960) and his Master of Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama (1963). His early works were well-received comic one-act plays, including To Wally Pantoni, We Leave a Credenza (1964), Cop-Out (1968) and Muzzeha (19...

Malamud, Bernard

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Biographical Note 1914, Apr. 26 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1936 B.A., City College of New York, New York, N.Y. 1936 1940 Worked in a factory, at various stores, and as a clerk in the Census Bureau, Was...

Lauterbach, Ann, 1942-....

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Tuten, Frederic

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The Atlas.

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Schulman, Grace.

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Lynne Tillman's

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Chatham, Russell

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Isler, Alan, 1934-....

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Books & Co. staff

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Douglas, Ann

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Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-

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Cosby, Bill, 1937-....

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William Henry Cosby, Jr. (Bill) was born in 1937 in Philadelphia. He attended Temple University and received his M.A. and Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts. He is a noted comedian, actor, and writer. In the early 1970s Cosby created the cartoon character of Fat Albert who gave Cosby the opportunity to present his views on how to handle such childhood problems as lying, stealing, and safety.Biographical source: Something About the Author, Volume 110, p. 65-71. From the descri...

Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...

White, Randy Wayne

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Seidel, Frederick (2)

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Dunne, John Gregory

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Gerber, Dan, 1940-

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Gerber is a Michigan author and poet. The Clarke Historical Library has 14 of his publications. From the description of Poetry, 19uu. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 44545436 ...

Morris, Mary McGarry

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Bawer, Bruce, 1956-....

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McGuane, Tom

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Lewis, R. B.

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Shapiro, Harvey

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Thomas, Michael M.

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Moreau, Jeanne (2)**

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Merwin, William and Paula

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Christopher, Nicholas (2)

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Vonnegut, Kurt

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1965-2002. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 259277264 From the description of Papers, 1941-2007. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 41182258 Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His writings include articles, short stories and scripts, but he is most well-known for his novels from his first, Player Piano in 1952, through Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, to his last Timequake in 1997. Nanny Vo...

Glaze, Andrew

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Andrew Glaze, playwright. From the description of Miss Pete: typescript, 1962. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122639783 Glaze, born 1920, is a poet and playwright. From the description of Poems, 1966 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79619436 From the guide to the Andrew Glaze poems and related papers, 1966-1969 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Porter, Ann

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Lennertz, Carl

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Jim Harrison.

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Britton, Burt

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Simpson, Jeffrey

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Books & Co

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Books & Co., a bookstore in New York City, was the brainchild of Jeannette Watson, (b. 1945), born out of a life-long love of literature. Watson, the granddaughter of IBM founder, Thomas Watson, Sr. was named for her grand-mother, Jeannette Kittredge. Watson, shy and insecure as a child, was dubbed "Madame-Nose-in-Books" by her father because she preferred to spend her time reading rather than socializing. She was born and raised in a Greenwich, Connecticut family which included...

Min, Anchee

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Dixon, Stephen

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Schiffman, Sunny R.

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Ascher, Barbara Lazear

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Roth, Philip, 1933-2018

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Author. Full name: Philip Milton Roth. Born 1933. From the description of Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001 (bulk 1960-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982313 Philip Roth is a popular and critically acclaimed American novelist. His observations on the Jewish experience in America, as depicted in such works as Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, show inventiveness and a singular sense of humor. Some observers find his works unnecessarily scatalogical and self-indul...

Feirstein, Frederick

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Salter, Mary Jo

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James, Robert, 1968-

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Lebowitz, Fran

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Schwartz, John B.

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Deborah Harry

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Howard, Richard, 1929-....

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Epithet: brother of Thomas, 8th Duke of Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000143 Epithet: Canon of Bangor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000144 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000145 ...

Gary Snyder

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bsTan 'dzin rgya mtsho, Dalaï lama XIV, 1935-....

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Murray, Albert 1916-2013

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Albert Lee Murray (1916-2013) was an American novelist, essayist, and literary and jazz critic. Born in Alabama, he attended the Tuskegee Institute, graduating in 1939; he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1943-1962. He and Ralph Ellison were close friends and correspondents....

Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-....

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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED American author. From the guide to the Truman Capote ephemera Collection, 1949-1988., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Truman Capote (1924- ), American author. From the description of Truman Capote papers, 1939-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476609 Truman Capote is an American writer. From the description of Truman Capote fonds. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848368...

Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0003a1 Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), poet, professor and critic, born in New York, New York. From the description of Anthony Hecht papers, 1894-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213097553 ...

Trillin, Calvin

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O'Gorman, Ned

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Sanger, Alexander.

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Watson, Jeannette

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Trillin, Calvin (2)

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Howard, Richard (2)*

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Percy, Walker (4)

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Beattie, Ann

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Hijuelos, Oscar.

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Oscar Hijuelos was born to Cuban immigrants in 1951 in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. He attended public schools and then Bronx Community College; he later enrolled at The City College of New York and received a B.A. in 1975 and an M.F.A. in 1976. As a graduate student in writing, he worked with Donald Barthelme and Susan Sontag. After completing his studies, Hijuelos earned his living by working during the day in an advertising agency. Before and...

Calisher, Hortense

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e0 ...

Williams, Randy, 1959-

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Salter, James

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Epithet: Proprietor of Salter's Coffee House, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000409.0x000041 ...

West, Morris, 1916-1999

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Novelist. Author of Children of the sun (1957), The devil's advocate (1959), The shoes of the fisherman (1963) and many other books. Chairman of the National Library of Australia Council 1985-88. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1954-1992. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225822482 ...

Didion, Joan

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Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American novelist, essayist, and memoirist. From the description of Joan Didion papers, 1963-2006 (bulk 1963-1992). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122551777 ...

Minot, Susan

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Neruda, Pablo

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Hall, N. John.

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Seldes, Marion (2)

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Fuentes, Carlos (2)

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Yamanaka, Lois-Ann, 1961-

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Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born September 7, 1961) is an American poet and novelist from Hawaiʻi. Many of her literary works are written in Hawaiian Pidgin, and some of her writing has dealt with controversial ethnic issues. In particular, her works confront themes of Asian American families and the local culture of Hawaiʻi....

Morgan, Frederick

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Jong, Erica (2)**

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Heller, Joseph

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Ives, David

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Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg.

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Chase, Lyn

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Mehta, Sonny

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Fairstein, Linda

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Gill, Brendan

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Brodkey, Harold

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Simon, Carly (2)

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