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Also Known As Brunswick
Born October 3, 1849 • New York City • New York
Died January 17, 1916 (aged 66) • New York City • New York
Founder “Critic”
Notable Works autobiography
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
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Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
American writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
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Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Stein, Gertrude
Gertrude Stein
American writer
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow
American author
John Jay Chapman.
John Jay Chapman
American writer
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
American writer
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
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American poet and journalist
Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke Paulding
American writer
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Ed Bullins
American playwright
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Susanna Rowson
American author and actress
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
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E.W. Howe
American writer
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet
Portrait of Charles Dickens seated at a desk, writing with a quill pen, dressed in a suit with a bow tie.
Charles Dickens
British novelist

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