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Fun Facts Friday: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was an American philosopher, writer, and political activist & theorist known for Common Sense (1776) and The American…

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: James Jones

James Jones (6 November, 1921 – 9 May, 1977)was an American author, mostly known for his award winning novel From…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Captain Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July, 1792 – 9 August, 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, and a novelist who pioneered…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: R.P. Blackmur

R.P. Blackmur (21 January, 1904 – 2 February, 1965) was one of America’s foremost critics of literature, and a distinguished…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (26 July, 1894 – 22 November, 1963) was a writer and philosopher from England. Mr. Huxley is known…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison (1 March, 1914 – 16 April, 1994) was an award winning novelist, critic and scholar known for his…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Bernard DeVoto

Bernard DeVoto was an American writer, historian, editor, and teacher. Mr. DeVoto is remembered as a champion of public land…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Rebecca West

Rebecca West (21 December, 1892 – 15 March, 1983) was a British journalist, author and travel writer, called "indisputably the…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Shirley Jackson

American author Shirley Jackson (14 December, 1916 -8 August, 1965) born on this day. She is best known for her…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Willa Cather

Pulitzer prize winning American author Willa Cather (7 December, 1873 – 24, April, 1947) s associated with the pioneer spirit,…

5 years ago

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