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Cassatt, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Cassatt, MaryCassatt, Marykəsătˈ [key], 1844–1926, American figure painter and etcher, b. Pittsburgh. Most of her life was spent in France, where she was greatly influenced by her…Rexroth, Kenneth
(Encyclopedia) Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905–82, American poet, critic, and translator, b. South Bend, Ind. A resident of San Francisco, he was briefly associated with the beat generation, although he…Rich, Adrienne
(Encyclopedia) Rich, Adrienne, 1929–2012, American poet, b. Baltimore, grad. Radcliffe, 1951. From the 1970s her exquisitely wrought verse became looser and more personal as her works increasingly…Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)
(Encyclopedia) Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)găsˈkəl [key], 1810–65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was…Weep Show: Tears of Joy
Tears of Joy Joan Crawford's Oscar-winning Mildred Pierce The weepy granted many actresses star-making turns — and Oscar-winning performances. The list of those who have…Multiple Births: Bundles of Joy
by Elaine Rho Related Links fertility drugsmultiple birthsHouston octupletsNational Center for Health StatisticsThe recent birth of the Houston octuplets, as well as the birth of the McCaughey…Walt Whitman: A Song of Joys
A Song of JoysO to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! Full of common employments—full of grain and trees.O for the voices of animals—O for the…Edwin Markham: The Joy of the Hills
The Joy of the HillsEdwin MarkhamI ride on the mountain tops, I ride; I have found my life and am satisfied. Onward I ride in the blowing oats, Checking the field-lark's rippling notes…Brewer's: Seven Joys of the Virgin
(See Mary.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Seven Sages of GreeceSeven Dials A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…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…Trending
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