A Bookish Blog
Ring Lardner (6 March, 1885-25 September, 1933) was an American short story writer and sports columnist. Books by Ring Lardner* Fun Facts about Ring Lardner: 1. Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was born in Niles, MI to Henry and Lena Phillips Lardner, as the […]
Maxwell Bodenheim (26 May, 1892 – 6 February, 1954) was a poet and novelist known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians.
Cornelia Otis Skinner (30 May, 2018 – ) an American author, playwright, and actress. She is remembered for her 1942 best-seller Our Hearts were young and Gay
Sherwood Anderson (13 September, 1876 – 8 March, 1941) was a novelist and short story writer from Camden, OH. Later on he settled in Chicago, IL
The Lincoln Miracle puts the Republican convention into context of the national battle against slavery. The context doesn’t start, or stop, at the convention
Edgar Lee Masters was an attorney, poet and biographer. He is known for his collections of poems, as well as bios of Mark Twain, Lincoln, and Walt Whitman
A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away is a memoir of the Paul Hirsch’s five decades of experience as a movie editor on iconic films
Jack Gelber (12 April, 1932 – 9 May, 2003) was an award-winning American playwright and educator. He is remembered for his play The Connection
Alison Lurie was an American writer of novels, short stories, essays, and children’s books. Her book, Foreign Affairs won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Arna Bontemps (13 October, 1902 – 4 June, 1973) was an African-American member of the Harlem Renaissance, a poet, librarian, and novelist.
