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The history of the funnies in America by Shmuel Ross and Jennie Wood 1800s • 1900–1919 • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s…The Mercy: Poems
Author: Philip Levine Publisher: Knopf Philip Levine is a poet for people who've forgotten poetry and slipped into the meter and cadence of 9-to-5. Refreshingly narrative, his poems tell…The Shipping News
Director:Lasse HallströmWriter:Robert Nelson JacobsMiramax Films; R; 111 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The…Dr. Seuss
Name at birth: Theodor Seuss GeiselDr. Seuss wrote and illustrated nearly 50 books of quirky children's verse during his lifetime, becoming one of the 20th century's most famous English-language…Robert E. Sherwood
Name at birth: Robert Emmet SherwoodRobert E. Sherwood was a playwright who won four Pulitzer Prizes, as well as a screenplay Oscar for the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives. Like his father…Kendrick Lamar
Name at birth: Kendrick Lamar DuckworthKendrick Lamar is a hip-hop star from Compton, California, the rapper of the hit singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and "Poetic Justice," and the Grammy-winning…Ted Sorensen
Name at birth: Theodore Chaiken SorensenTed Sorensen was the longtime advisor and counselor to President John F. Kennedy who wrote Kennedy's most memorable speeches -- including his inaugural address…Katharine Graham Biography
Katharine Grahamnewspaper, magazine publisherBorn: 6/16/1917Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Katharine Meyer graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and was a reporter at the San Francisco…Ornette Coleman
Name at birth: Randolph Denard Ornette ColemanSaxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman was best known as an originator and advocate of Free Jazz, a musical movement that began in the 1950s, beginning…2013 Nobel Prize Winners
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