Arnold Rampersad

Arnold Rampersad

male, 68 years old
harlem renaissance, american philosophical society, american literature, American South, African-American, American Academy of Arts and Sciences…English Department, Days of Grace A Memoir, The Life of Langston Hughes, Library of America, Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941)is an acclaimed biographer and literary critic. The first volume his Life Of Langston Hughes was a Pulitzer...
Howard Nemerov

Howard Nemerov

male, deceased (1991)
American Poet Laureate, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Diane Nemerov Arbus, photographer, from New York City, poet…The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov, u of m, Academy of American Poets, DepartmentOfEnglish, professor of English at Washington University
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 - July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to...
David Leavitt

David Leavitt

male, 48 years old
LGBT, Jewish person, Equal Affections, The Body of Jonah Boyd, Martin Bauman, or A Sure Thing, The Page Turner…The Lost Language of Cranes, University of Florida, DepartmentOfEnglish, BA in English
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961) is an American novelist. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Leavitt is a graduate of Yale University. He is the...
William Logan

William Logan

male, 59 years old
University of Florida, professor, creative writing, Critic, Yale, criticism…University of Iowa, DepartmentOfEnglish, Poetry Society of America, Academy of American Poets, English
William Logan (born 1950) is an American poet, critic and scholar. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to W. Donald Logan, Jr. and Nancy Damon...
Lorna Goodison

Lorna Goodison

female, 62 years old
Jamaican women writer, caribbean, Caribbean women writer, writer, poet, Commonwealth Writers Prize…Art Students League of New York, University of Michigan, university of toronto, University of Michigan faculty, Baby Mother and the King of Swords
Lorna Goodison was born in 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up in a home with eight siblings and her father and mother, who operated on the...

Keith Gilyard

male, 57 years old
English studies, Raymond Keith Gilyard, basic writing, English, Voices of the Self A Study of Language Competence, American…Distinguished Professor of English, DepartmentOfEnglish, Professor of English, Writer and Professor of English
Raymond Keith Gilyard (born 1952 in New York City) is a prominent American professor of English who studies basic writing. His book "Voices of the...
Hanan Ashrawi

Hanan Ashrawi

female, 63 years old
First Intifada, Palestinian Christian, Palestinian Legislative Council, earlham college, University of Virginia alumni, Ph.D.…Doctor of Philosophy, American University of Beirut alumni, British Mandate of Palestine, University of Virginia, american university of beirut
Hanan Ashrawi is currently the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH). She was...
Philip Appleman

Philip Appleman

male, 83 years old
Indiana University, poet, indiana university bloomington, Philip D. Appleman, American, married…Poetry Society of America, Authors Guild of America, DepartmentOfEnglish, University of Arkansas Press, Academy of American Poets
Philip D. Appleman (born February 8th 1926) is an American poet. He is the distinguished Professor Emeritus of Department of English, Indiana...
Watson Kirkconnell

Watson Kirkconnell

male, deceased (1977)
Officer of the Order of Canada, FRSC, Royal Society of Canada, Order of Canada, acadia university, Translator…Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, University of California, University of Budapest, University of Sofia, Order of Polonia Restituta
Watson Kirkconnell FRSC, (16 May 1895 - 26 February 1977) was a Canadian scholar, university administrator and translator. From 1948 to 1964, he...