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Born October 30, 1914 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died November 12, 1997 (aged 83) • Connecticut
Founder New Directions
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Donald Davidson
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Marguerite Young
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Tillie Olsen
American author
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
John Updike
John Updike
American author
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Wendell Berry, wearing a tan suit and patterned tie, smiles while seated among other attendees at a conference, holding papers in his hand.
Wendell Berry
American author
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Richard Brautigan
American author
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
American author and activist
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Robert Coover
Robert Coover
American author
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Russell Banks
Russell Banks
American author
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Jessamyn West
American writer
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Ted Kooser
American poet
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Robert McAlmon
American author
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Haki R. Madhubuti
American author, publisher and educator
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Meridel Le Sueur
American author

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