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![F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940]](images/SAAfitzgerald.jpg)
![Ernest Hemingway [1899-1961]](images/SAAhemingway.jpg)
![playwright Arthur Miller [1915-2005] in 1967](images/SAAmiller.jpg)
on Page One: Early American Authors Anthologies & Literary History
on Page Two: Early XXth Century Authors - A thru M
on Page Three: Early XXth Century Authors - N thru Z The Beats
here on Page Four: Latter XXth Century Authors - A thru L
on Page Five: Latter XXth Century Authors - M thru Z
on Spirit of America's main page: XXIst Century Authors
Latter XXth Century
American Authors
A thru L {just below} M thru Z {on Page 5}
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Edward Abbey [1927-89] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Isaac Asimov [1920-92]
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Isaac Asimov Mysteries Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Isaac Asimov Robot Mysteries Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
official Isaac Asimov website
ES's Isaac Asimov fansite
JHJ's Isaac Asimov fansite
Isaac Asimov entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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James Baldwin [1924-87]
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Random House/Vintage James Baldwin pages
WB's James Baldwin page
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Baldwin: Collected Essays [1998] Edited by Toni Morrison
Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [2/98] for $23.10 includes essays from "Notes of A Native Son" [1955], "Nobody Knows My Name" [1961], "The Fire Next Time" [1963], "No Name In The Street" [1972] & "The Devil Finds Work" [1976], plus 36 more Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories [1998] Edited by Toni Morrison Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [2/98] for $23.10 includes novels "Go Tell It On The Mountain" [1953], "Giovanni's Room" [1956] & "Another Country" [1962], and stories from "Going To Meet The Man" [1965] |
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Ann Bannon [b. 1932]
revered as the author of the five 'Beebo Brinker Chronicles' novels [1957-62]
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Saul Bellow [1915-2005]
"There's as much perception in [Bellow's] prose per square inch as there is thought in Henry James."
— William Deresiewicz
"[Bellow] has always understood that even if you are on your way from Becoming to Being,
you still have to catch the train at Randolph Street." — Allan Bloom
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awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976
1976 Nobel Prize
Saul Bellow Society & Journal [est. 1981]
 | Bellow: Novels, 19441953 [2003] Edited by James Wood
Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/2003] for $23.10 includes "Dangling Man" [1944], "The Victim" [1947] & "The Adventures of Augie March" [1953] Bellow: Novels, 19561964 [2007] Edited by James Wood Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [1/2007] for $23.10 includes "Seize The Day" [1956], "Henderson The Rain King" [1959] & "Herzog" [1964] |
"The Adventures of Augie March" [1953]
"Henderson The Rain King" [1959]
"Herzog" [1964]
"Mr. Sammler's Planet" [1970
"Humboldt's Gift' [1975] {MMastroiani tried to buy movie rights}
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Richard Brautigan [1935-84] Page
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Larry Brown [1951-2004]
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Ole Miss bio page
2002 docu film
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Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page
at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore
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Truman Capote [1924-84]
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GB's Truman Capote fansite
Truman Capote: His Life & Work {New York Times Sponsored Archive}
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"Capote" bio-film [United Artists Sept 2005]
Directed by Bennett Miller; written by Dan Futterman, based on Gerald Clarke's biography; starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper & Bob Balaban video not yet available; full credits from IMDb official moviesite bio by Gerald Clarke [S&S 1988] Carroll & Graf 9x6 pb [11/2005] for $12.21 |
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Don Carpenter [1931-95]
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Chris's Don Carpenter fansite
Don Carpenter Papers at Online Archive of California
 | "The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan: A Novel" [1975] by Don Carpenter E.P. Dutton hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
 | "A Couple of Comedians: A Novel" [1979] by Don Carpenter
A comedian nearly breaks down from the pressures at the end of filming a movie, but is rescued when he and his partner get a gig in Las Vegas, Nevada. North Point Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/88] out of print/used S&S 8½x5½ hardcover [1/79] out of print/used |
 | "Turnaround: A Novel" [1981] by Don Carpenter
The hard-boiled (but not bitter) tale of a struggling screenwriter living in a seedy motel off the Sunset Strip, against the background of three generations of a Hollywood dynasty. S&S 8¾x6¼ hardcover [6/81] out of print/used |
Raymond Carver [1938-88]
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PC's Raymond Carver fansite
PR's 'Carversite' fansite
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Cuts-Collection-Andie-MacDowell/dp/B000305ZXO/
http://www.amazon.com/Raymond-Carver-Collected-Stories-Library/dp/1598530461/
new Carver bio by Carol Sklenicka
Library of America
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Paddy Chayefsky [1923-81]
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Collected Screenplays Collected Teleplays Collected Stageplays
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Evan S. Connell [b. 1924]
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"Mrs. Bridge" [1958 novel]
"The Patriot" [1960 novel]
"Mr. Bridge" (1969 novel]
bestseller "Son of The Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn" [1985] ISBN 0883940884)
"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" movie [Merchant-Ivory 1990] starring Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
"Son of The Morning Star" NBC-TV mini-series [1991]
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Pat Conroy
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investigative journalist Fred J. Cook [1911-2003]
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"The Warfare State" [Macmillan 1962]
The F.B.I. Nobody Knows [Macmillan 1964]
The Secret Rulers: Criminal Syndicates and How They Control The U.S. Underworld [Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1966]
The Plot Against The Patient [Prentice-Hall 1967]
The Great Energy Scam: Private Billions vs. Public Good [Macmillan 1982]
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Norman Corwin [1910-2011]
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official Norman Corwin website
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"13 For Corwin: A Paean of Praise for Norman Corwin" [1993] Edited by Ray Bradbury Barricade pb [3/93] for $7.95 |
 | "Corwin" TV documentary [indep June 1996] Written & directed by Les Guthman CustomFlix color DVD [8/2006] for $24.95 |
 | "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin" [indep Aug 2005] 40-minute documentary film about Norman Corwin's radio braodcast on VE-Day of World War II (8 May 1945); Co-produced by Corinne Marrinan, co-produced & directed by Eric Simonson; won Oscar for Best Documentary Short Direct Cinema Ltd. color DVD [12/2008] for $29.95 full credits at IMDb |
Spencer Crump [??]
specialized in books about Western USA railroads & trolley lines, 1970-98
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Dr. Vine Deloria, Jr. [1933-2005]: browse books
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Philip K. Dick [1928-82] Page
 | "Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of The 1960s" [2007] Edited by Jonathan Lethem Library of America 8x5 hardcover [5/2007] for $23.10 includes "The Man In The High Castle" [1962], "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" [1965], "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" [1968], and "Ubik" [1969] which was listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) |
 | "Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of The 1960s & 70s" [2008] Edited by Jonathan Lethem Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [7/2008] for $26.40 includes "Martian Time-Slip" [1964]; "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After The Bomb" [1965]; "Now Wait For Last Year" [1966]; "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" [1974]; and "A Scanner Darkly" [1977] |
"Blade Runner" 1982 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
browse all 160+ Kindle titles at Amazon's Philip K. Dick Kindle Store
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James Dickey [1923-97]
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James Dickey Society
JS's James Dickey fansite
Univ IL/UC James Dickey pages
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comedy writer Jack Douglas [1908-89]
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Ralph Ellison [1913-94]
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PBS documentary
AALBC's Ralph Ellison webpage
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"Invisible Man" [1952] by Ralph Ellison; won the National Book Award in 1953 Vintage 8x5¼ pb [3/95] for $10.17 Modern Library 7¼x5 hardcover [6/94] for $13.57 |
Philip Josι Farmer [1918-2009]
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IMDb listing [1967-70]
Wikipedia
 | "Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (His Outrageous & Magnificent Life)" [Doubleday 1972] by Philip Josι Farmer Farmers 1972 volume separates the 'fact' from the 'fiction' in Edgar Rice Burroughs's tales of Tarzan and adds to the legend by tracing Tarzans family tree – which includes Sherlock & Mycroft Holmes, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Doc Savage, Nero Wolfe & Bulldog Drummond – and reporting his later exploits as a group captain in the R.A.F. during World War II; the Bison edition includes the text of Farmer's 'interview' with Lord Greystoke. Bison Books 7¾x5½ pb [4/2006] for $13.57 Berkeley pb [7/81] out of print/used Popular Library pb [1/72] out of print/used |
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"The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel" [1999] by Philip Josι Farmer Announced late 1997 as "Tarzan's Greatest Secret"; a trio of white hunters kidnap Tarzan's mate, Jane, as bait for capturing the elusive Jungle Lord. As the sinister safari closes in, Tar-zan's trail leads to a long-forgotten land whose dangers include the Crystal Tree of Time. Del Rey mass pb [6/99] out of print/used EconoClad hardcover [6/99] for $15.00 |
"Riverworld" TV series pilot [SciFi Channel 2003] /tt0310952/
"Riverworld" two-night TV mini-series [SyFy Channel 2010] /tt1419950/
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
John Fante [1909-83] Page
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novelist William Gaddis [1922-98]
called "one of the dazzling virtuosi" by Saul Bellow
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VH's 'The Gaddis Annotations' fangroup site
Modern Word / Scriptorium 1999 article
"The Recognitions" [1955 first novel]
book entry at Wikipedia
"A Reader's Guide To William Gaddis's The Recognitions" [1982] by Steven Moore
"J.R." [1975 second novel] won the National Book Award for Fiction
book entry at Wikipedia
"Carpenter's Gothic" [1985]
book entry at Wikipedia
"A Frolic of His Own" [1994] won second National Book Award
book entry at Wikipedia
"Agapι Agape" [2002 novella] his final work
book entry at Wikipedia
"The Rush For Second Place: Essays & Occasional Writings" [2002]
collection of his previously published nonfiction
book entry at Wikipedia
"Swallow Hard" [1991 autobiographical novel] by his daughter Sarah Gaddis
http://www.amazon.com/Swallow-Hard-Sarah-Gaddis/dp/0689121067/
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Edward Gorey [1925-2000]
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Elephant House Edward Gorey Museum in Cape Cod, MA
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Gorey Details fansite
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Barry Hannah [1942-2010]
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story collections "Airships" & "High Lonesome", novel "Geronimo Rex"
 | "Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories, 1964-2010" [31 stories; 2010] by Barry Hannah Grove Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2010] for $15.49 |
gay black author E. Lynn Harris [1955-2009]
wrote ten consecutive New York Times bestsellers
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"What Becomes of The Brokenhearted: A Memoir" [2004]
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Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88] Page
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Zenna Henderson [1917-83] + The People
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PH's 'Zenna & Her People' fansite
Zenna Henderson entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 | "Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson" [28 stories, 1952-75; 1995] Nesfa Press hardcover [3/95] for $25.00 |
Starring William Shatner, Kim Darby & Diane Varsi; full credits at IMDb
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Patricia Highsmith [1921-95]
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Highsmith Papers at the Swiss Literary Archives
 | "Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith" [2003] by Andrew Wilson Bloomsbury USA 7½x4¾ pb [4/2004] for $14.78 Bloomsbury USA 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2003] for $26.60 |
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"Strangers On A Train" [1950]
Two men meet on a train and discuss swapping murders: the police will find no connection and each murder will remain unsolved. One man dismisses the conversation as idle banter. But when he travels to Mexico, and is notified by police that his estranged wife has indeed died under suspicious circumstances, he feels trapped. And then the stranger makes demands for the reciprocal murder ... W.W. Norton pb [8/2001] for $11.16 Penguin mass pb [6/79] out of print/many used |
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"Strangers On A Train" [Warner Bros. July 1951]
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; script by Raymond Chandler & others from the Highsmith novel; starring Farley Granger & Robert Walker Warner b&w widescreen DVD [9/98] for $10.99 Warner b&w British version VHS [6/2001] for $14.95 Warner b&w Hollywood version VHS [8/2000] for $14.95 full credits on IMDb |
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mystery author Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Chester B. Himes [1909-84]
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SWW's Chester B. Himes fansite
Friends of Chester Himes fansite
 | The Autobiography of Chester Himes
Volume 1: "The Quality of Hurt: The Early Years" [1972] Thunder's Mouth Press 8x5½ pb [11/95] out of print/many used Doubleday hardcover [3/72] out of print/used Volume 2: "My Life of Absurdity: The Later Years" [1976] Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [11/95] out of print/many used Doubleday hardcover [1/72] out of print/used |
 | "Chester Himes: The Long Climb" documentary [2000] Tell Me Why / History On Video color 30-min. VHS [11/2000] for $29.95 "Chester Himes: A Writer's Turbulent Journey" documentary [2000]
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Wm. Inge [1913-73]
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winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize
William Inge Center For The Arts in Independence, Kansas
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Bill Kennedy [19??-??]
wrote the daily "Mr. L.A." newspaper column during the 1950s to 1970s in the morning Examiner,
then in the afternoon Herald-Examiner in Los Angeles; largely forgotten today, info sparse on the internet
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Frederick Kohner [1905-86] author of "Gidget"
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Harper Lee [b. 1926]
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winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize
Harper Lee fansite
 | "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee" [2006] New York Times bestseller by Charles J. Shields Holt 8¼x5½ pb [4/2007] for $10.20 Henry Holt & Co. 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/2006] for $16.50 |
 | "To Kill A Mockingbird" novel [1960 bestseller] by Harper Lee As described by his tomboy daughter, an idealistic lawyer in 1932 Alabama agrees to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, revealing the depths of local bigotry & racism; won 1961 Pulitzer prize; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) Grand Central Publng mass pb [10/88] for $6.99 Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [7/2005] for $10.36 Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.85 Heinemann 8x5¾ hardcover [11/99] for $13.57 HarperCollins slipcover edition [10/2006] for $23.10 HarperCollins 8½x5½ hardcover [9/95] out of print/many used Caedmon UNABR audio CD read by Sissy Spacek [8/2006] for $32.97 |
  | "To Kill A Mockingbird" feature film [Universal Dec 1962] Directed by Robert Mulligan; script by Horton Foote, based on the novel by Harper Lee; starring Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, James Anderson, William Windom, Alice Ghostley & Kim Stanley; won Oscars for Best Actor (Peck), Best Script Adaptation & Best Set Decoration, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (MB), Best B&W Cinematography & Best Music Score; listed on the National Film Registry (1995), won WGA Award for Best Drama Script Universal legacy Series widescreen b&w DVD [9/2005] 2 disks for $18.49 Universal b&w DVD [4/98] out of prodn/many used Universal widescreen b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/many used Universal b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/many used Varese Sarabande Elmer Bernstein soundtrack CD [7/97] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" open-book poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" brown poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
 | "Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird" documentary [First Run Features May 2011] 78-minute documentary film at the 50th anniversary of "To Kill a Mockingbird"; interviewees include Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Wally Lamb, James McBride, Anna Quindlen, Richard Russo, Scott Turow, Oprah Winfrey & Andrew Young, and with rare cooperation from Harper Lee's sister & friends Produced, written & directed by Mary Murphy First Run Features widescreen color DVD [DUE July 2011] for $22.49 
full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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