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American. Alma mater. Columbia University (BA, MSJ, PhD) William Deresiewicz (/ dəˈrɛzəwɪts / də-REZ-ə-wits; born 1964) [1] is an American author, essayist, and literary critic, who taught English at Yale University from 1998 to 2008. He is the author of A Jane Austen Education (2011), Excellent Sheep (2014), and The Death of the Artist ...
1976 (age 47–48) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Occupation. Journalist. Website. stephenmarche.com. Stephen Marche (/ mɑːrʃ / MARSH; born 1976) [1] is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and cultural commentator. He is an alumnus of the University of King's College [2] and City College of New York (CUNY). [3] In 2005, he received a doctorate in ...
Martin Amis (1949–2023, United Kingdom) Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil) Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, United States) Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015, Colombia) Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, United Kingdom) Anastasia Ashman (born 1964, United States) Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada) Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, Russia)
Roger Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt in 2019. Born. 1940 (age 83–84) United States. Occupation (s) Writer and teacher. Roger Rosenblatt (born 1940) is an American memoirist, essayist, and novelist. [1] He was a long-time essayist for Time magazine and PBS NewsHour.
We rounded up 10 of the funniest memoirs and biographies by the world's best comedians, from Steve Martin to Leslie Jones to Ali Wong. If you love a good laugh, add these to your reading list.
Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. [ 1 ] He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.
John Lamb (brother; 1763–1821) Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert ...
Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. Lamb's essays were very popular and were ...