Info on Authors and Poets

Mark Twain

Real Name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, prolific American writer with 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American feminist, writer, and publisher known for "The Yellow Wallpaper" and advocate for women's rights

Mark Twain

Real Name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, prolific American writer with 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American feminist, writer, and publisher known for "The Yellow Wallpaper" and advocate for women's rights

Charles Chestnutt

Black and European American writer, known for "The Goophered Grapevine" and themes of racial passing

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Popular African American author, transitioned to Harlem Renaissance, known for sonnets and addressing African American life

Stephen Crane

Turn of the 19th-century naturalism author and journalist, known for works like "The Red Badge of Courage"

Henry Adams

Descendant of John Adams, writer on art, cathedrals, and friend of Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Sui Sin Far

Pseudonym of Edith Maude Eaton, first Chinese descent author to publish in English in the US

Sarah Winnemucca

Northern Paiute writer and activist, known for "Life Among the Piutes" and advocating for Paiute culture

Claude McKay

Poet known for sonnets and part of the Harlem Renaissance

Carl Sandburg

Writer influenced by Walt Whitman

Amy Lowell

Leading figure in the Imagist movement

Robert Frost

Anti-modernist poet known for imagism and traditional forms like sonnets

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Modernist poet, critic, and editor, known for reforming poetic diction and his association with Ezra Pound

Zitkala-Sa

Native American writer, founder of American Indian Magazine, and advocate for American Indian works

Booker T

Founder of Tuskegee Institute, advocate for African American success through vocational education

Susan Glaspell

American writer known for experimental writing and part of the New England literary community

Langston Hughes

Prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, known for utilizing television for his mission

Ralph Ellison

Author of "Invisible Man," emphasized individual human experience and values of democracy

Flannery O'Connor

American novelist known for dark and grotesque stories, explored themes of sin and redemption

Arthur Miller

Playwright known for "Death of a Salesman," criticized the American Dream

John Steinbeck

Nobel Prize-winning author known for blending modernism and realism, celebrated rural communities and social outcasts

Zora Neale Hurston

Harlem Renaissance writer who presented diverse portrayals of African American life

Allen Ginsberg

Beat Generation poet known for "Howl" and influenced by Walt Whitman

Jack Kerouac

Prominent Beat Generation writer known for prose and introverted lifestyle

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American writer known for "The Great Gatsby," struggled with finances and alcohol

William Faulkner

Renowned American author known for themes of freedom and oppression, often set in his fictionalized home county

James Baldwin

Essayist, novelist, and playwright known for powerful prose on race in America, influential in the Civil Rights Movement