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Wendy Rose (Miwok/Hopi)
Elizabeth Archuleta
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Wendy Rose (Miwok/Hopi)IntroductionWendy Rose, born Bronwen Elizabeth Edwards (b. 1948) in Oakland, California, is the author of several books of poet...
Westerns
Nicolas S. Witschi
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Westerns Introduction Descriptions of the western usually begin by calling it a form of cheap entertainment that is mostly about cowboys and g...
Wharton, Edith
Gary Totten
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Edith WhartonIntroductionEdith Wharton (b. 1862– d. 1937) was born Edith Newbold Jones to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in Ne...
Whitman, Walt
Ed Folsom
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Walt Whitman Introduction Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was born on Long Island near West Hills, New York and spent his first few years on his fami...
Whitman’s Bohemian New York City
Edward Whitley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Whitman’s Bohemian New York City Introduction Walt Whitman (b. 1819–d. 1892) was born on Long Island and raised in Brooklyn. After early caree...
Whittier, John Greenleaf
David Grant
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-05-24
John Greenleaf WhittierIntroductionJohn Greenleaf Whittier (b. 1807–d. 1892) was a major 19th-century American poet, best known for his anti-slavery p...
Wideman, John Edgar
Keith Byerman
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
John Edgar WidemanIntroductionJohn Edgar Wideman was born 14 June 1941 in Washington, DC, to Edgar and Bette French Wideman. They soon moved back to t...
Wigglesworth, Michael
Adrian Chastain Weimer
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2022-07-26
Michael WigglesworthIntroductionThe most well-known poet in early New England, Michael Wigglesworth (b. 1631–d. 1705) enjoyed greater popular appeal t...
Williams, Tennessee
John Bak
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Tennessee Williams Introduction Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III (b. 1911–d. 1983) was a poet, fiction writer, and playwright. Born in C...
Wilson, August
Dana A. Williams, Aja Storm Kennedy
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
August WilsonIntroductionAugust Wilson (b. 1945–d. 2005) was born Frederick August Kittel Jr. in the Hill District of Pittsburgh to a German immigrant...
Winthrop, John
Francis J. Bremer
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
John WinthropIntroductionJohn Winthrop (b. 1588–d. 1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was first chosen by the investors ...
Wister, Owen
Gary Scharnhorst
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Owen WisterIntroductionBorn into a patrician Philadelphia family, a descendant of Pierce Butler, a signator of the Constitution, and the grandson of t...
Wolf, Emma
Barbara Cantalupo
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Emma Wolf Introduction Author of five novels, poetry, and short fiction, Emma Wolf (b. 1865–d. 1932) was the first American Jewish writer publ...
Woolman, John
Jay David Miller
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
John WoolmanIntroductionJohn Woolman (b. 1720–d. 1772), a Quaker shopkeeper, tailor, and farmer from West Jersey, traveled extensively throughout colo...
Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Anne Boyd Rioux
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Constance Fenimore WoolsonIntroductionConstance Fenimore Woolson (b. 1840–d. 1894) was considered the most accomplished American woman writer of the l...
Wright, Richard
Jennifer Jensen Wallach
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Richard WrightIntroductionThe African American literary icon Richard Wright (b. 1908–d. 1960) began his life as the son of sharecroppers on a Mississi...
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