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Carson McCullers

Name at birth: Lula Carson SmithCarson McCullers was a critically acclaimed author of several popular novels in the 1940s and '50s, including The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) and The Member of the…

Service, Robert William

(Encyclopedia) Service, Robert William, 1874–1958, Canadian poet and novelist, b. England, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. He went to Canada in 1897 and held odd jobs in British Columbia and at…

Rivas, Ángel de Saavedra, duque de

(Encyclopedia) Rivas, Ángel de Saavedra, duque deRivas, Ángel de Saavedra, duque deänˈhĕl ᵺā säˌävāˈᵺrä d&oomacr;ˈkā ᵺā rēˈväs [key], 1791–1865, Spanish romantic poet and dramatist. A liberal,…

Gay, John

(Encyclopedia) Gay, John, 1685–1732, English playwright and poet, b. Barnstaple, Devon. Educated at the local grammar school, he was apprenticed to a silk mercer for a brief time before commencing…

Benét, Stephen Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Benét, Stephen VincentBenét, Stephen Vincentbĕnāˈ [key], 1898–1943, American poet and author, b. Bethlehem, Pa., grad. Yale, 1919; brother of William Rose Benét. After graduating from…

Haggard, Merle Ronald

(Encyclopedia) Haggard, Merle Ronald, 1937–2016, popular and influential American country singer-songwriter, b. Oildale, Calif. The outlaw poet of country music, he grew up in poverty and turned to…

Muldoon, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Muldoon, Paul, 1951–, Irish poet, b. Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, B.A. Queen's Univ., Belfast, 1973. Muldoon worked as an arts producer for the BBC (1973–86), then taught at the Univ…

Michael Jackson

InvincibleEpic Six years after the new material on his greatest hits collection (HIStory) dropped with a thud, Michael Jackson's long-awaited follow-up doesn't sound much better. Invincible…

Ephron, Nora Louise

(Encyclopedia) Ephron, Nora Louise, 1941–2012, American writer and film director, grad. Wellesley College (B.A., 1962). Witty, tough, self-deprecating, and ironic in all her guises, she was a…

sculpin

(Encyclopedia) sculpin, common name for a member of the superfamily Cottoidea, bizarre fishes with large, spiny or armored heads and short, tapering bodies, found in both marine and freshwater…