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3 days ago · John Steinbeck (born February 27, 1902, Salinas, California, U.S.—died December 20, 1968, New York, New York) was an American novelist, best known for The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade and aroused widespread sympathy for the plight of migratory farmworkers.
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His reputation rests mostly on the naturalistic novels on...
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John Cheever (born May 27, 1912, Quincy, Massachusetts,...
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2 days ago · John Ernst Steinbeck (/ ˈ s t aɪ n b ɛ k / STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception".
5 days ago · Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey) was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature.
- Walt Whitman spent his childhood in New York, where he was first employed at age 12 as a printer. He later held jobs as a newspaper editor and a sc...
- The verse collection Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s best-known work. He revised and added to the collection throughout his life, producing ultim...
- Walt Whitman’s poetry was innovative for its verse style and for the way it challenged traditional narratives. He championed the individual soul ov...
3 days ago · Lin-Manuel Miranda (/ m æ n ˈ w ɛ l /; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper and librettist.He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo, and Encanto (both 2021).
5 days ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway ( / ˈɜːrnɪst ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public ...
4 days ago · Gulliver’s Travels is a four-part satirical work by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift. It was published anonymously in 1726. One of the keystones of English literature, it is a parody of the travel narrative, an adventure story, and a savage satire, mocking English customs and the politics of the day.
1 day ago · Trustees Appeal Chappaquiddick OSV Limits. The Trustees of Reservations is challenging Edgartown’s limits on oversand vehicle access on Chappaquiddick and is asking the state to impose new rules for the miles of trails on the small island. The Trustees Friday filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ...
