Joyce Carol Oates Papers 1956-2006

Barthelme, Donald, 1931-1989

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Donald Barthelme was born in Philadelphia in 1931 to parents Donald Barthelme Sr. and Helen (Bechtold) Barthelme. In 1932, the family moved to Houston, where Donald Barthelme Sr. developed an architectural practice and taught at the University of Houston and Rice University. Barthelme had four younger siblings: Joan (born 1932), Peter (born 1938), Frederick (born 1943), and Steven (born 1947). Barthelme enrolled at the University of Houston in 1949, where he took courses in journal...

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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Epithet: Canadian author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x0001bb Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood was born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa. She earned a B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto, and an M.A. from Harvard. She is a novelist, poet, literary critic and a pioneer of Canadian women's writing. While primarily known for her novels and short fiction, she is the author of over fifteen books o...

Heyen, William, 1940-

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William Heyen is an American poet and editor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1940, and educated at the State University of New York at Brockton and Ohio University. He taught American literature and creative writing at SUNY Brockport for over thirty years before his retirement in 2000. His books of poetry include: Erika: Poems of the Holocaust (1984), Crazy Horse in Stillness (1996), Pig Notes and Dumb Music (1998), Diana, Charles, and the Queen (1998), Shoah Train (2003), The Confessions ...

L'Heureux, John.

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Calisher, Hortense

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

Shapiro, David, 1947-....

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Pinsker, Sanford

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Gardner, John, 1933-1982

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Levine, Philip, 1928-....

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American poet and educator Philip Levine, born January 10, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, was educated at Wayne State University (A.B., 1950) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957). Born August 2, 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poet and educator Stephen Berg attended the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and the University of Indiana, prior to receiving a B.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1959. Since 1963 Stephen Berg has served on the faculty of Temple University in P...

Rudenstine, Neil L.

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Updike, John

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American novelist. From the description of Rich in Russia : corrected typescript signed, ca. 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552988 John Updike, born 18 March 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania, was a novelist, critic, short story writer, poet, essayist, and dramatist; he died 27 January 2009. From the description of John Updike letters and manuscript short story, "Killing," 1976-1981. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 6714887...

Milazzo, Lee

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Callaghan, Barry 1937-

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Founder of Exile, writer and teacher, literary editor for Telegram, host of CBC television, published several books including Stone blind love (1988); This ain't no healing town: Toronto stories (1995) and A kiss is still a kiss (1995). From the description of Barry Callaghan papers [manuscript] 1971-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225626006 ...

Gibbons, Reginald.

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Award winning poet, editor, and professor, Reginald Gibbons was born in Houston January 7, 1947, to a Polish mother and an Irish-Choctaw father. Gibbons was a graduate of Princeton University and Stanford. He came to Northwestern as the editor of TriQuarterly in 1981 and also began teaching English literature classes at Northwestern at this time. He was an accomplished poet, publishing throughout his career. Graduating magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1969 wi...

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-....

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As the winner of the National Book Award for her 1970 novel Them and the recipient of four O. Henry awards and numerous other literary prizes, Joyce Carol Oates is among the most distinguished writers in the United States. In her considerable body of work, she has created an array of male and female protagonists from a diversity of regional, economic, and occupational backgrounds. In the four decades since her first book, the short-story collection By the North Gate, appeared to critical acclaim...

Ranard, John

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Malzberg, Barry N.

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Barry N. Malzberg was born July 24, 1939, in New York, N. Y.. He attained an A. B. degree from Syracuse in 1960, followed by some masters study. Malzberg worked as a free-lance writer and was an editor for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Stories . Malzberg has written under the pseudonyms K. M. O’Donnell and Mike Barry. From the guide to the Inventory of the Barry Malzberg Collection: Sci Fi MSS 00204., n.a., (Cushing Memorial Library) ...

Goyen, William

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Rosenblatt, Roger.

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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...

Creighton, Joanne V., 1942-....

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Boland, Eavan

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Born in 1944 in Dublin, but spending her youth in London and New York, Eavan Aisling Boland began producing poetry in the 1960s. She gained greater prominence in the 1980s with works which generated debate over feminism and the place of the female poet in a largely male field. Boland is known for placing women within the context of patriarchal Irish traditions and myths. "Eavan (Aisling) Boland." Contemporary Literary Criticism (reproduced in...

Moser, Barry

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Barry Moser was born October 15, 1940, in Chattanooga, Tenn. As he grew up he rebelled against the strictures of his southern, male-oriented family and their notion that art was not a man's job. He attended military school from seventh through twelfth grade, where he learned discipline and orderliness, but also developed a distrust of authority of any kind. Eventually he became an artist, illustrator, author, educator and lecturer. He has illustrated a large number of books, including classics i...

Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1916-2003

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An independent "little magazine," QRL was founded in 1943 by Warren Carrier. A year later Ted and Renee Weiss became the magazine's permanent editors and publishers, first at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then at Bard College, and since 1968 at Princeton University. Ted Weiss taught creative writing and Shakespeare in Princeton's English Department, where he was the William & Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature from 1977 until his retiremen...

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...

Stiles, Martha Bennett

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Martha Bennett Stiles was born in 1933 in Manila, Phillipine Islands. As a writer, she is best known for her historical novels for young people, which feature intricate plotting, realistic characters, fully realized settings, and poignant human dilemmas. She has received several awards and honors for her writing. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 6, 108 From the guide to the Martha Bennett Stiles Papers, 1963-1990, (University of Minneso...

King, Stephen, 1947-

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Stephen King is a well known American author. He is a graduate of the University of Maine, Class of 1970, and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1987. From the description of Literary papers 1968- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701520 ...

Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013

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British author. From the description of Collection, 1951-1962. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597893 Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific British writer. He first came to prominence as a philosopher and has since written widely on true crime, mysticism, fiction and other topics. From the description of Colin Wilson collection. [1952-1965]. (University of Victoria...

Banks, Russell, 1940-....

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Marshall, Tom, 1938-1993

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Lehman, David, 1948-....

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Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008

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Hayden Carruth (1921-2008) was a poet, professor, and a editor. He lived in Johnson, Vermont, during the time of the correspondence. For more information, see the Poetry Foundation biography . From the guide to the Hayden Carruth Letters, 1973-1975, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) ...

Smith, Raymond J.

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Ontario Review Press

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Ford, Richard, 1944-

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Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land,nd Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction snd the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day in 1996.Ford's novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name. He won the ...

Ostriker, Alicia.

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Franks, Lucinda

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McNamara, Eugene

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Godwin, Gail

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Author Gail Godwin was born in Birmingham, Ala.; grew up in Asheville, N.C.; was graduated in 1959 from the University of North Carolina with a B.A. in journalism; and studied at the Iowa Writers Workshop, earning an M.A. in creative writing and Ph. D. in English literature. She has published ten novels and taught in various colleges and universities. Godwin lives in Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Gail Godwin papers, 1913-2006. WorldCat record id: 49338168 ...

Curzon, Daniel

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Daniel Curzon is a novelist, playwright and educator. His novels include "Something You Do in the Dark," "From Violent Men," and "The World Can Break Your Heart." From the description of Daniel Curzon papers, 1960-1996. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 243798958 Biographical Note Daniel Curzon is the pseudonym of author Daniel P. Brown, born in 1938 in Litchfield, Illinois. He is a novelist, journalist ...

Phillips, Robert S., Dr.

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Robert Phillips, born 1938 in Milford, Delaware, is the author or editor of some 30 volumes of poetry, fiction, criticism, and belles lettres and publishes in numerous journals. A graduate of Syracuse University's creative writing program, he is currently (May 2007) a professor of English at the University of Houston; he was also director of the Creative Writing Program there from 1991 to 1996. His honors include a 1996 Enron Teaching Excellence Award, a Pushcart Prize, an American ...

Ditsky, John

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Levao, Ronald

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Harpprecht, Klaus

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Reed, John Robert, 1938-....

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Bender, Eileen Teper, 1935-....

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Trenner, Richard

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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.

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American author and intellectual. From the description of Authors take sides on Vietnam : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], 1968 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870148 Susan Sontag was an influential and controversial American writer, director, and political activist. She was born in New York city on January 16, 1933, raised in Tucson and Los Angeles. In 1949 she graduated from North Hollywood High School and began her undergraduate work at the University of C...

Parini, Jay

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Coover, Robert

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Gregory, Blanche.

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Newman, Charles, 1938-2006

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Fromm, Harold.

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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 ...

Adams, Alice, 1926-1999

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Showalter, Elaine

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Morris, Mary, 1947-

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Lindberg, Stanley W.

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Meisel, Perry

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Goldstein, Laurence, 1943-....

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Koch, Stephen.

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MacLeod, Alistair

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Buell, Frederick, 1942-....

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Robertson, Mary Elsie, 1937-

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Delbanco, Nicholas

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Delbanco is an American author and poet. From the guide to the Nicholas Delbanco papers for, Consider Sappho burning, 1967 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Stanford, Donald E. (Donald Elwin), 1913-1998

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American poet and former editor of Southern Review. From the description of Donald E. Stanford papers, 1933-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510483 Donald E. Stanford (1913-1998) received his B.A. from Stanford University (1933), M.A. from Harvard University (1934), and Ph. D. from Stanford University (1953). He came to LSU in 1949 where he taught literature and helped revive and co-edit The Southern Review. From the description of Donald Stanford oral his...

Theroux, Paul

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Nemerov, Howard

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Howard Nemerov was an American educator and author, most widely known for his poetry. His verse could be poignant, philosophical, or witty, and was awarded numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize. A long-time professor at Washington University in St. Louis, he also published memorable prose, and contributed editorial work or commentary for numerous publications. From the description of Howard Nemerov letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1963 Sept. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006

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American poet Kunitz won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 for SELECTED POEMS and held the position of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1974 to 1976. In 2000 he was named United States Poet Laureate. He has also translated the work of a number of Russian poets. From the description of Atlantic Monthly Press author files of Stanley Kunitz, 1965-1983. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177477000 Poet; New York, N.Y. From the...

Corsaro, Frank

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Bitker, Marjorie

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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...

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 ...

McPhillips, Robert

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Butscher, Edward.

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Author and educator; b. Sep. 30, 1943 in Flushing, N.Y. From the description of Collection of papers on Sylvia Plath, 1918-1976 (bulk 1946-1976). (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 27403304 ...

Wakoski, Diane.

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Poet. From the description of Letters, 1984-1996. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47287823 American poet. From the description of Papers, 1959-[ongoing] (bulk 1959-1978) (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318855 Diane Wakoski (b. 1937), American poet and teacher. From the description of Diane Wakoski poems, 1971-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199357 From the description of Diane Wakoski letters to John ...

Ewert, William B.

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William B. Ewert (b. 1943) graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1965. Since 1970, he has been science consultant at the New Hampshire State Department of Education and was chair of the Friends of the UNH Library from 1975 until 1990. In 1984, he received the Granite State Award, given by the University for service to the state. Ewert's first publication was "Witness" in December 1978. From the description of William B. Ewert publications, 1978- (Manchester City Library)....

Kumin, Maxine, 1925-....

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Harris, Jana, 1947-

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Barth, John, 1930-....

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Author. From the description of John Barth literary manuscripts, 1955-1978 (bulk 1955-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070336 Biographical Note: John Barth, American author, was born in Cambridge, MD, May 27, 1930. He received his B.A. (1951) and his M.A. (1952) from The Johns Hopkins University. Barth taught at Penn State University and SUNY, Buffalo before returning to Hopkins in 1973 as professor of English and creative writing. He is now P...

Bellamy, Joe David

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Joe David Bellamy (b. 1941) is an American author and the founding editor and publisher of Fiction International. From the description of Joe David Bellamy papers, 1962-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702158422 Joe David Bellamy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1941. He attended Duke University, Antioch College, and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of the novel Suzi Sinzinnati and the collection of stories Atomic Love in addition to...

Halpern, Daniel, 1945-....

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Of Syracuse, New York. Epithet: editor 'Antaeus' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000226 ...

Jacobsen, Josephine

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Whelan, Gloria

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Boyers, Robert

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McBride, Mekeel, 1950-

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Fagles, Robert

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Bienen, Leigh B.

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Leigh Buchanan Bienen, senior lecturer at the Northwestern School of Law and wife of Northwestern University president Henry S. Bienen, joined the School of Law in 1995, the same year her husband took office. She lectures in the areas of criminal law, juries, and law and social science, and has additional areas of interest and expertise in capital punishment, sex crimes, and rape reform legislation. In addition, she is a prolific writer of fiction, mainly short stories and plays. ...

Mazzaro, Jerome

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Garrett, George, 1929-2008

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George Garrett (1929-2008) was a novelist and poet who taught at Hollins University and the University of Virginia. He also worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and was poet laureate for Virginia from 2002-2006. From the guide to the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) American author. From the description of The girl in the black raincoat [manuscript], 1966....

Rudenstine, Angelica Zander

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Keeley, Edmund.

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Edmund ("Mike") Leroy Keeley, author, translator, educator, critic, and administrator, was born in Damascus, Syria, on February 5, 1928, one of three sons of James Hugh Keeley, an American diplomat. He lived in Greece from ages 8 to 11, receiving his primary education in Thessaloniki. In 1939, the family moved to Washington, D. C., where he attended high school. In 1948, Keeley earned a B.A. from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. The year 1954 began Ed...

Tyler, Anne

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Pulitzer Prize winning author of ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, BREATHING LESSONS, CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, LADDER OF YEARS, and other popular novels. From the description of Papers, 1994-1998, 2001 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 82167587 From the description of Papers, 1994-1998. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40093299 Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, BREATHING LESSONS, CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, LADDER OF YEARS, and ot...

Johnson, Greg, 1953-....

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