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The NSA, Edward Snowden, and Surveillance
An overview of the NSA surveillance program leaked to the media by Edward Snowden by Beth Rowen Edward Snowden Related Links U.S. Spying and Surveillance Timeline National Security…Girardin, Delphine Gay de
(Encyclopedia) Girardin, Delphine Gay deGirardin, Delphine Gay dedĕlfēnˈ gā də zhērärdăNˈ [key], 1804–55, French writer; wife of Émile de Girardin. She wrote patriotic poems and, under the pseudonym…Ishiguro, Kazuo
(Encyclopedia) Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954–, English novelist, b. Nagasaki. His family left Japan in 1960 and immigrated to England, where he attended the universities of Kent (B.A., 1978) and East Anglia…Sherman Alexie Biography
Sherman Alexiewriter Born: October 7, 1966Birthplace: Spokane Indian Reservation, Wellpinit, Washington Sherman Alexie's inventive, realistic, and often humorous writing evokes contemporary…Alice Munro
Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2013 and is a three-time winner of the Governor General's Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Canada. Known for short stories that…Pratt, Edwin John
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet, b. Newfoundland. He broke away from the old romantic tradition of Canadian poetry to write imaginative narratives of epic events. Among…Campoamor, Ramón de
(Encyclopedia) Campoamor, Ramón deCampoamor, Ramón derämōnˈ dā kämpōämōrˈ [key], 1817–1901, Spanish poet, the first to break with the romantic tradition of long, tragic, and emotional poetry. While…Stevenson, Burton Egbert
(Encyclopedia) Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962, American author, compiler and librarian, b. Chillicothe, Ohio, studied (1890–93) at Princeton. He was founder (1918) of the American Library in…O'Connor, Frank
(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Frank, 1903–66, Irish short-story writer, whose name originally was Michael O'Donovan. He was a librarian in Dublin and later a director of the Abbey Theatre (1936–39). O'…Brian Aldiss
Name at birth: Brian Wilson AldissBrian Aldiss was a British writer known mostly for his science fiction stories and the many anthologies he edited. He grew up writing stories, but he didn't turn to…Trending
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