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Fun Facts Friday: A.H. Raskin

A.H. Raskin (26 April, 1911 – 22 December, 1993) was a reporter, writer, and assistant editor. He was a long…

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Fun Facts Friday: Sarah Kemble Knight

Sarah Kemble Knight - teacher & diarist. Her journey from Boston to New York provides historians a first-hand accounts of…

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Fun Facts Friday: Jack Gelber

Jack Gelber (12 April, 1932 – 9 May, 2003) was an award-winning American playwright and educator. He is remembered for…

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Fun Facts Friday: Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne was a poet, playwright, and author from England. He is known for his book Poems and Ballads,…

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Fun Facts Friday: Dezső Kosztolányi

Dezső Kosztolányi was a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator. He is considered to be one of the outstanding poets of…

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Fun Facts Friday: Louis L’Amour

Louis L’Amour (22 March, 1908 – 10 June, 1988) was a best selling American writer, known for his Western novels…

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Fun Facts Friday: Paul Heyse

Paul Heyse (15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a German writer, translator, and the 1910 Nobel Prize for…

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Fun Facts Friday: Ewald Christian von Kleist

Ewald Christian von Kleist (7 March 1715 – 24 August 1759) was a German poet and military officer, best known…

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Fun Facts Friday: William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells was a novelist, ciritc, and playwright. He is remembered for his novels A Traveler from Alturia and…

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Fun Facts Friday: Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (23 February, 1633 – 26 May, 1703) - An English diarist & politician. His diary, which he kept…

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