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John Grisham
John Grisham suffers the fate of many popular artists – the cultural snobs condescend because surely something so attractive to the...
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Cormac McCarthy
Most writers would love to have just one book recognized as being among the best novels of its time. Cormac McCarthy has four. Blood...
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Lawrence Block
This is a very personal choice, because most Americans don’t know who Lawrence Block is. Even among those who are diligent readers,...
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Stan Lee, Marvel Comics
Stan Lee single-handedly changed the concept of “superhero,” and in so doing changed modern American culture. Lee, who cut his...
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Emily Dickinson
Not often we go back to the 19th century for our selections, so when we do, you know it must be worthy. Certainly, Emily Dickinson is one...
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Writer: Ray Bradbury
It’s hard to imagine how many words Ray Bradbury has written over his lifetime. We know him for his groundbreaking science fiction...
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Writer: Dashiell Hammett
Every now and again, one person comes along who changes the tide of a literary genre. Dashiell Hammett took the genteel mystery novel...
Read MoreWriter: Carl Sandburg
California has its artists and writers, as does New York. Lots of writers are associated with the South and New England. For some reason,...
Read MorePoet: Robert Frost
Who’s the greatest American poet? Experts might nominate Longfellow … Dickinson … Whitman … Cummings. I’d no doubt go...
Read MoreWriter: David Mamet
David Mamet is one of the all-time masters of film/stage dialogue. His preference for natural conversation, in which characters...
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