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A Boy's Will: Flower-gathering

by Robert Frost A Prayer in SpringRose PogoniasFlower-gathering nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition. I LEFT you in the morning, And in the morning glow, You walked a way beside…

Slaves in the Family

Author:Edward BallPublisher:Ballantine Edward Ball has done what few white Americans have dared: he's searched the dusty annals of his family history to uncover specifics of the slave-holding…

Denise Levertov Biography

Denise LevertovpoetBorn: 11/24/1923Birthplace: Ilford, England Levertov published more than 30 books, including her critically acclaimed poetry, translations, and essays. Her poems range in content…

Greta Scacchi Biography

Greta ScacchiactressBorn: 2/18/1960Birthplace: Milan, Italy This beautiful, sensual actress appeared on British stage and television before embarking on a film career. She first gained notice for her…

Amy Lowell: I

IHow the slates of the roof sparkle in the sun, over there, over there, beyond the high wall! How quietly the Seine runs in loops and windings, over there, over there, sliding through the…

Tom Hooper

English filmmaker Tom Hooper is best known as the Oscar-winning director of 2010's The King's Speech, the movie about stammering King George VI that starred Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter.…

Rod Serling

Rod Serling was a successful television writer of the 1950s and '60s, known especially as the creator and host of the eerie series The Twilight Zone (1959-65). Rod Serling grew up in upstate New…

Mary Astor

Mary Astor(Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)actressBorn: 5/3/1906Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois Starting off in silent films, she played opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel (1924) and Don Juan (1926…