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Kenneth Flexner Fearing (July 28, 1902 – June 26, 1961) was an American poet and novelist. A major poet of the Depression era, he addressed the shallowness and consumerism of American society as he saw it, often by ironically adapting the language of commerce and media.
John Struthers was born in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire on 18 July 1776, the son of a shoemaker.Initially educated at home, he was sent to the local school at eight and although the local teacher saw his potential, the family circumstances meant that at the age of nine he was working as a cow-herd.
Even when her wit was mordant, she had a capacious and most generous heart." [11] Marion Angus returned to Arbroath in 1945 to be looked after by an erstwhile family servant, Williamina Sturrock Matthews. She died there on 18 August 1946. [1] Her ashes were scattered on the sands of Elliot Links. [12]
Actress Glenn Close told the co-hosts of "The View" on Wednesday that Vice President-elect JD Vance's family was "generous" while they were filming the movie adaptation of his memoir "Hillbilly ...
In August 2015, City Lights released Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry, which gathers the most enduring and treasured work from his books—Puerto Rican Obituary, Traffic Violations, and Out of Order—and contains a generous selection of his previously unpublished writings. Pietri not only wrote poetry but also recorded it.
The poem was inspired by a letter Ali received from a childhood friend, Irfan Hassan. [8] The letter described an incident in Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, where Irfan Hassan saw heaps of letters in a post office, and found many letters addressed to himself and Ali's father, sent by Ali. Irfan sent a letter through family to Ali telling him about ...
Interest in the book increased by word of mouth; for example, in churches "it was hailed as a parable on the joys of giving". [1] As of 2001, over 5 million copies of the book had been sold, placing it 14th on a list of hardcover "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books" from Publishers Weekly. [6]
Toru Dutt was born in Calcutta on 4 March 1856 to a well-respected Bengali family. Her father, Govind Chandra Dutt was known to be of pro imperialist thoughts and worked as a Magistrate in Calcutta. [2] Her mother, Kshetramoni Dutt (née Mitter), belonged to the Rambagan Dutt family. [5]