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Saul Bellow

Name at birth: Solomon BellowsSaul Bellow was a Jewish-American writer who in 1976 won the Nobel Prize for a career that included the novels Herzog (1965) and Seize the Day (1956). The son of…

Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal was the world's most famous "Nazi hunter," a Jewish World War II survivor of German concentration camps who spent his life tracking down war criminals and fighting for human rights…

Poems: Divine Image

by WilliamBlakeA SongHoly ThursdayDivine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For…

Mary Antin Biography

Mary Antinwriter, activistBorn: 6/13/1881Birthplace: Polotsk, Russia Antin's works often chronicled the immigrant experience in the United States. She is best known for her memoir, The…

Eli Roth

Eli Roth is a filmmaker and actor who is best known for producing what are sometimes called "torture porn" horror movies, including Hostel and its sequel. A movie maker since childhood, Roth broke…

André Previn

André Previn was a jet-setting conductor who was nominated for 11 Oscars (he won four) and was married five times, including to singer Dory Previn and to actress Mia Farrow. A musical polymath,…

Louis Farrakhan

Name at birth: Louis Eugene WalcottLouis Farrakhan is the longtime head of the African-American religious organization the Nation of Islam. Louis Farrakhan is known as a powerful speaker who has…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Evening

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Wandering Jew's SoliloquyTo IantheEvening TO HARRIET. Published by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887. Composed July 31, 1813. O thou bright Sun! beneath the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Ianthe

by Percy Bysshe Shelley EveningSong from the Wandering JewTo Ianthe Published by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887. Composed September, 1813. I love thee, Baby! for thine own sweet sake;…