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Also Known As Kaila Grobsmith
Born December 5, 1912 • Warsaw • Poland
Died February 4, 1990 (aged 77) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Bronx Primitive”
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Walter Abish
American author
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Patty Duke
American actress
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Ted Sorensen
American lawyer and presidential speechwriter
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Pat Conroy
American writer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful.
Vincente Minnelli
American director
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
From author to vice president
JD Vance
vice president of United States
Joan Didion, 1970
Joan Didion
American author
Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic
American activist and author
James B. Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a suit and red tie, smiling in front of a U.S. flag and blue background.
James Comey
American attorney and law enforcement official
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
American poet, songwriter, and singer
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Matthew Perry wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling at the 2015 Silver Circle Gala in Beverly Hills.
Matthew Perry
American Canadian actor
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward
American author
American television cook and author Ina Garten smiles while posing for a photograph at 2015 Time 100 Gala in New York City. She is wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.
Ina Garten
American chef, television personality, and author
Solomon Northup: image from Twelve Years a Slave (1853)
Solomon Northup
American farmer and writer
James McBride
James McBride
American author and musician
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist

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