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18 hours ago · Maya Angelou (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
May 28, 2024 · Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
4 hours ago · Monday, May 27th 2024, 7:46 AM MDT. Ron Raye's latest book, "The Mole Volume 1," embarks on a profound exploration of the writing process, following a man on a secluded island who decides to write a literary masterpiece despite his limited time to live. Acclaimed by Literary Titan and awarded the Literary Titan Silver Book Award, this volume ...
18 hours ago · Al-Ghazali was born in c. 1058 in Tus, then part of the Seljuk Empire. [49] He was a Muslim scholar, law specialist, rationalist, and spiritualist of Persian descent. [50] [51] He was born in Tabaran, a town in the district of Tus, Khorasan (now part of Iran ), [49] not long after Seljuks entered Baghdad and ended Shia Buyid Amir al-umaras.
18 hours ago · In 1789, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was published in London, England, written by Olaudah Equiano, a former slave. The book features 79 Igbo words. [148] In the first and second chapter, the book illustrates various aspects of Igbo life based on Olaudah Equiano's life in his hometown of Essaka. [149]
18 hours ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...
18 hours ago · Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. This article is about the genre of fiction dealing with cataclysm. For the genre of religious writings dealing with revelation, see Apocalyptic literature. The apocalypse is also depicted in visual art, for example in Albert Goodwin 's painting Apocalypse (1903). Joseph Pennell 's 1918 prophetic Liberty ...
