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on Spirit of America's main page:  XXIst Century Authors

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Early  XXth  Century
American  Authors

Authors A thru M {on Page 2}  •  Authors N thru Z {just below}

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Ogden Nash  [1902-71]
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	"The Best of Ogden Nash: 450 Favorite Poems From   America's Laureate of Light Verse" [2007] Edited by {his daughters} Linell Nash Smith & Isabel Nash Eberstadt Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $19.11
	"Ogden Nash: The Life & Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse" [2005] by Douglas M. Parker Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8½x5½ pb [4/2007] for $12.89 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $20.90
	"The Life and Rhymes of Ogden Nash" [2000] by David Stuart Madison Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2000] for $18.96

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playwright  Clifford Odets  [1906-63]
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Clifford Odets papers at Indiana University

"Clifford Odets: American Playwright - The Years From 1906-1940" [2002] by Margaret Brenman-Gibson Applause Books 9x6½ pb [1/2002] for $15.56 the author died before completing the second volume

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playwright  Eugene O'Neill  [1888-1953] Page

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Dorothy Parker [1893-1967] Page

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S.J. Perelman [1904-79]
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Dawn Powell [1896-1965]
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article on Dawn Powell in September 2001 Atlantic Monthly

"Dawn Powell: A Biography" [1998] by Tim Page Owl Books 9x6 pb [10/99] out of print/used Henry Holt 9½x6½ hardcover [10/98] out of print/used

Dawn Powell: Novels, 1930–1942 [2001] Edited by Tim Page Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.60 includes "Dance Night" [1930], "Come Back To Sorrento" [1932], "Turn, Magic Wheel" [1936], "Angels On Toast" [1940] and "A Time To Be Born" [1942] Dawn Powell: Novels, 1944–1962 [2001] Edited by Tim Page Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.64 includes "My Home Is Far Away" autobiographical novel [1944], "The Locusts Have No King" [1948], "The Wicked Pavilion" [1954] and "The Golden Spur" [1962] Library of America's "Dawn Powell: Comic Genius" pages

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Damon Runyon [1884-1946]
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Denver Press Club's Damon Runyon pages

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poet Carl Sandburg [1878-1967]
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Carl Sandburg Historic Site Assn.
'Chicago Poems' [1916] etext
Carl Sandburg papers at University of IL/UC: Connemara • Asheville
Poets.org's Carl Sandburg pages

Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems [2006] Edited by Paul Berman American Poets Project/LOA 7½x4¾ hardcover [10/2006] for $15.60

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William Saroyan [1908-81]
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official William Saroyan website
Wm. Saroyan Society

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Delmore Schwartz [1913-66]
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Literary Encyclopedia's Delmore Schwartz page

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Irving Shulman  [1913-95]
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Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] Page

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Isaac Bashevis Singer [1904-71]
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1978 Nobel Prize
PBS special

"Isaac B. Singer: A Life" [1980] by Florence Noiville, translated by Catherine Temerson FS&G 9x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $15.64

Singer: Collected Stories, Volume 1 [2004] Edited by Ilan Stavans Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $25.55 includes 54 stories: 'Gimpel The Fool' to 'The Letter Writer' Singer: Collected Stories, Volume 2 [2004] Edited by Ilan Stavans Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $26.60 includes 65 stories: 'A Friend of Kafka' to 'Passions' Singer: Collected Stories, Volume 3 [2004] Edited by Ilan Stavans Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $26.60 includes 80+ stories: 'One Night In Brazil' to 'The Death of Methuselah' Singer: An Album [2004] Edited by Ilan Stavans Library of America 8x5 pb [7/2004] for $11.01 Library of America's Singer Centennial Exhibit

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H. Allen Smith [1907-76]
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H. Allen Smith papers at SIU
WH's H. Allen Smith fansite

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expatriate Gertrude Stein [1874-1946]
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'Tender Buttons' Gertrude Stein fansite
EC's Gertrude Stein pages
Gertrude Stein pages at gURL.com

"Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice" [2007] by Janet Malcolm Yale Univ Press 7¾x5¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $16.50 publisher's book page

Stein: Writings, 1903-1932 [1998] Edited by Harriet Chessman & Catharine R. Stimpson Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/98] for $29.20 includes posthumous novel "Q.E.D." [1903], novellas "Three Lives" [1909], libretto "Four Saints In Three Acts" [1929] Stein: Writings, 1932-1946 [1998] Edited by Harriet Chessman & Catharine R. Stimpson Library of America 8x5 hardcover [3/98] for $29.20 includes "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" [1933], "Lectures In America" [1934], "The Geographical History of America" [1936], libretto "Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights" [1938], children's book "The World Is Round" [1938], "Brewsie and Willie" [1946] and libretto "The Mother of Us All" [1949]

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John Steinbeck [1902-68] Page

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Jesse Stuart [1906-1984] of Kentucky
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Sue's Jesse Stuart fansite
Jesse Stuart Foundation [est. 1979]
Jesse Stuart State Nature Preserve in Greenup County, KY

"Jesse: The Biography of An American Writer, Jesse Hilton Stuart" [1984] by H. Edward Richardson McGraw-Hill hardcover [1/84] out of print/used "A Jesse Stuart Reader: Stories & Poems" [McGraw-Hill 1963] Edited by Jesse Stuart Jesse Stuart Foundation 8½x5½ pb with study guide [9/2003] for $10.20 Jesse Stuart Foundation 9x6 hardcover [1/93] for $22.00

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Jim Thompson [1906-77] Page

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James Thurber [1894-1961]
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official James Thurber website
NR's James Thurber fansite

"Thurber: A Biography" [1975] by Burton Bernstein Ballantine mass pb [2/76] out of print/used Wm. Morrow 9¼x6 pb [5/96] out of print/many used Dodd, Mead hardcover [3/75] out of print/many used

Thurber: Writings and Drawings [1996] Edited by Garrison Keillor Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/96] for $23.10 includes "My Life and Hard Times" [1933], stories "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" [1939] & "The Catbird Seat", anti-war parable "The Last Flower" [1939], "Fables For Our Time" [1940], the children's classic "The 13 Clocks" [1950], and selections from "The Owl In The Attic" [1931], "Let Your Mind Alone" [1937], "My World and Welcome To It" [1942], and "The Years With Ross" [1959]

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Nathanael West [1903-40]
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	West: Novels and Other Writings [1997] Edited by Sacvan Bercovitch Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [8/97] out of print/used includes novels "The Dream Life of Balso Snell" [1931], "Miss Lonelyhearts" [1933], "A Cool Million" [1934] & "The Day of The Locust" [1939], plus stories, film scripts & correspondence
	"The Day of The Locust" [Jan 1939 classic] by Nathanael West listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) NAL pb [9/83] for $5.95 Amereon hardcover [12/97] for $19.95 DH Audio ABR [9/87] 2 tapes out of print/used
	"The Day of The Locust" feature film [Paramount May 1975] Directed by John Schlesinger; starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard A. Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Pepe Serna, Lelia Goldoni & Billy Barty Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $14.23 Paramount color VHS [6/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

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Edith Wharton [1862-1937]
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Edith Wharton Society [est. 1983]

Edith Wharton: Novels [1986] Edited by R.W.B. Lewis Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [5/86] for $26.40 includes "The House of Mirth" [1905], "The Reef" [1912], "The Custom of The Country" [1913] and "The Age of Innocence" [1920] Edith Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings [1990] Edited by Cynthia Griffin Wolff Library of America hardcover [4/90] for $29.25 includes "Madame de Treymes" [1907], "Ethan Frome" [1911], "Summer" [1917], "Old New York: Four Novellas" [1924], "The Mother's Recompense" [1925], and "A Backward Glance" [1934] Edith Wharton: Collected Stories, 1891–1910 [2001] Edited by Maureen Howard Library of America 8&5¼ hardcover [1/2001] for $25.55 includes "The Touchstone" [1900], "Sanctuary", "The Eyes" and 35 other stories Edith Wharton: Collected Stories, 1911–1937 [2001] Edited by Maureen Howard Library of America hardcover [2/2001] for $25.55 includes "Xingu" [1916], "The Marne", "A Bottle of Perrier", "All Souls", "Roman Fever" [1934] and 24 other stories Edith Wharton: Selected Poems [2005] Edited by Louis Auchincloss American Poets Project/LOA 7½x4¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $15.60 Wharton: Four Novels [1996] Edited by R.W.B. Lewis & Cynthia Griffin Wolff Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $13.95 includes "The House of Mirth" [1905], "Ethan Frome" [1911], "The Custom of The Country" [1913] and "The Age of Innocence" [1920]

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Tennessee Williams [1911-83]
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Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans, LA
Ole Miss Tennessee Williams site

"The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams" [1985] by Donald Spoto Da Capo Press 9x6 pb [9/97] for $18.95 Ballantine mass pb [3/86] out of print/many used Little, Brown hardcover [3/85] out of print/many used

Tennessee Williams: Plays, 1937–1955 [2000] Edited by Mel Gussow Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $26.40 includes "Spring Storm" [1937], "Not About Nightingales" [1938], "The Glass Menagerie" [1944], "A Streetcar Named Desire" [1947], "Summer and Smoke" [1948], "The Rose Tattoo" [1951], "Camino Real" [1953], Pulitzer Prize–winning "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" [1955] & 12 other plays Tennessee Williams: Plays, 1957–1980 [2000] Edited by Mel Gussow Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $26.40 includes "Orpheus Descending" [1957], "Suddenly, Last Summer" [1958], "Sweet Bird of Youth" [1959], "Period of Adjustment" [1960], "The Night of The Iguana" [1961], "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" [1963], "The Mutilated" [1966], "Kingdom of Earth" [1968], "Small Craft Warnings" [1972], "Out Cry" [1973], "Vieux Carrι" [1977] & "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" [1979]

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Thomas Wolfe [1900-38]
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Thomas Wolfe Web Site at University of North Carolina
Thomas Wolfe Memorial [est. 1949] in Asheville, NC
Thomas Wolfe Society [est. 1979]

	"Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography" [2007] Edited by Ted Mitchell Pegasus Books 10x7 pb [3/2007] for $17.16
	"Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe" [1987] by David Herbert Donald which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography Harvard Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2003] for $21.50 Little, Brown hardcover [3/89] out of print/many used Ballantine/Fawcett pb [2/88] out of print/many used
	"The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe" [1989] Edited by Francis E. Skipp, Foreword by James Dickey Scribner/Collier 9x6 pb [5/89] for $27.50

Authors A to Z Books at Amazon.com
Authors A to Z Audiocassettes at Amazon.com
'American Writers' series on C-SPAN

The  Beats

'The Beat Generation' Page
at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore

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Charles Bukowski [1920-94] Page

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Wm. S. Burroughs [1914-97] Page

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Gregory Corso [1930-2001] Page

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Diane DiPrima
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Diane DiPrima papers at University of Louisville, KY
official Diane DiPrima website
Blue Neon's Diane DiPrima pages

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers [est. 1953] of San Francisco, CA

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Allen Ginsberg [1926-97] Page

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Jack Kerouac [1922-69] Pages

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Ken Kesey [1935-2001] Page

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Dr. Timothy Leary [1920-96]
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official Timothy Leary website [est. 1992]
'Declaration of Evolution' fansite
RS's Timothy Leary fansite [est. 1999]

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Michael McClure
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official Michael McClure homepage
McClure-Manzarek site

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Henry Miller [1891-1980]
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official Henry Miller website
Henry Miller bio at Monterey County [CA] Historical Society
SP's Henry Miller fansite

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Kenneth Patchen [1911-72]
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Poets.org's Kenneth Patchen page
official Kenneth Patchen website

"Kenneth Patchen: Rebel Poet in America" [2000] by Larry Smith Bottom Dog Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2000] for $25.95

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Gary Snyder
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Poets.org's Gary Snyder page
Gary Snyder page at LitKicks
Gary Snyder homepage

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Anne Waldman
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Naropa's Anne Waldman page
Poetspath's Anne Waldman page

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Allan Watts [1915-73] Pages

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