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XX - XXIst Century
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Rudolfo Anaya Page

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Richard Bach: browse books

official Richard Bach website
Alisha's Richard Bach page

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humorist Dave Barry

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Gene H. Bell-Villada
browse books • homepage at Williams College

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James P. Blaylock: books • fansite

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humorist Roy Blount, Jr.
browse books • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Ray Bradbury Pages

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ex-felon author Edward Bunker: browse books

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mystery author James Lee Burke Page

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Jerome Charyn
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Jerome Charyn website
Jerome Charyn fansite {broken 2/2008}

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mystery author Michael Connelly Page

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K.C. Constantine's Rocksburg, PA novels
books • J.D.'s fansite

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Dr. Vine Deloria, Jr. [1933-2005]: browse books

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poet & artist G. Thomas Edwards of Gardnerville, NV
official website • blog

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Dave Eggars

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mystery author James Ellroy Page

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Wm. Price Fox
books • interview • W.P.F. homepage

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Robert A. Gallinger: browse books • official website

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William Gibson
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official William Gibson website

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Jim Harrison
books • bibliography website • credits at IMDb

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mystery author Tony Hillerman Page

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S.E. Hinton: books • official website • credits at IMDb

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mystery author J.A. Jance Page

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Denis Johnson

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author & radio show host Garrison Keillor
on the Old Time Radio Page

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Pulitzer-winner Jhumpa Lahiri
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2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction {for "Interpreter of Maladies"}

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George R.R. Martin of Santa Fe, NM
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George R.R. Martin entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Al Martinez: books • Los Angeles Times homepage

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sci-fi author Richard Matheson
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'Somewhere In Time' official website
Richard Matheson entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database

	"Richard Matheson: Collected Stories" [2003-2005] Edited by Stanley Wiater Volume 1: Gauntlet Press 8¼x5¼ pb [12/2003] for $11.53 Volume 2: Gauntlet Press 8x5¼ pb [2/2005] for $11.53 Volume 3: Gauntlet Press 8x5¼ pb [11/2005] for $12.71
	"Noir: Three Novels of Suspense" [1988] by Richard Matheson includes "Someone Is Bleeding" [1953], "Fury On Sunday" [1953] & "Ride The Nightmare" [1959] Forge 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.66 Forge 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2005] for $21.24

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Larry McMurtry Page

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Pulitzer-winner John McPhee
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"The John McPhee Reader" [1976] Edited by William L. Howarth FS&G 8x5½ pb [6/82] for $15.00 FS&G 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/77] for $29.60 "The Second John McPhee Reader" [1996] Edited by Patricia Strachan FS&G 8x5½ pb [2/96] for $14.04 FS&G 8¼x5½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used

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California historian-journalist Remi A. Nadeau
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national treasure Joyce Carol Oates
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J.R. (Judith) Parker: westerns & mysteries • official website

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mystery author Robert B. Parker Page

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poet Adrienne Rich
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Philip Roth
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Roth: Novels & Stories, 1959-1962 [2005] Edited by Ross Miller Library of America 8x5 hardcover [8/2005] for $23.10 includes novella "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Five Short Stories" [1959] & novel "Letting Go [1962] Roth: Novels, 1967–1972 [2005] Edited by Ross Miller Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/2005] for $23.10 includes "When She Was Good" [1967], "Portnoy's Complaint" [1969], "Our Gang" ]1971] & "The Breast" [1972] Roth: Novels, 1973-1977 [2006] Edited by Ross Miller Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $23.10 includes "The Great American Novel" [1973], "My Life As A Man" [1974] & "The Professor of Desire" [1977] Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy & Epilogue, 1979–1985 [2007] Edited by Ross Miller Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $23.1 includes "The Ghost Writer' [1979], "Zuckerman Unbound" [1981], "The Anatomy Lesson" [1983], "The Prague Orgy" [1985] & previously unproduced television screenplay for 'The Prague Orgy'

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J.D. Salinger
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humorist David Sedaris: browse books & audio

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author-actor Sam Shepard
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Jane Smiley of Carmel Valley, CA
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"13 Ways of Looking At The Novel" [2005] by Jane Smiley Anchor 7¾x5¼ pb [9/2006] for $10.85 Knopf 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $17.79

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sci-fi author Norman Spinrad
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screenwriter-playwright Tom Stoppard
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Studs Terkel
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Luis Valdez
books • videos • Broadway credits • credits at IMDb • El Teatro Campesino

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Vνctor Villaseρor: books • official website

"The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature" in 4 volumes [2004] Edited by Jay Parini Oxford Univ Press 11¾x9¼ hardcover set [1/2004] for $268.04

Authors A to Z Books at Amazon.com
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American Cinema

"The Columbia Companion To American History On Film: How The Movies Have Portrayed The American Past" [2004] Edited by Peter C. Rollins Columbia Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $93.50

Woody Allen has won Oscars® for "Annie Hall" [1977] {Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay}, and for "Hannah and Her Sisters" [1986] {Best Original Screenplay} — out of 21 Oscar nominations [1978-2006]

Robert Altman [1925-2006] won an Honorary Oscar® in 2006 and was nominated 7 times (1971-2002)

Mel Brooks won an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers' [1968] browse videos • browse books • Patty's fansite • IMDb listing

Frank Capra [1897-1991] won an Oscar® for "It Happened One Night" [1934] {Best Director}, an Oscar® for "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" [1936] {Best Director}, and two Oscars® for "You Can't Take It With You" [1938] {Best Picture & Best Director} — out of 11 Oscar® nominations

Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977] won an Honorary Oscar® for "The Circus" [1928], an Honorary Oscar® in 1972, and a Best Original Score Oscar® in 1973 for the re-release of "Limelight" [1952] — plus 3 Oscar® nominations (1941 & 1948)

Coen  Brothers:  Joel  &  Ethan have won an Oscar® for "Fargo" [1996] {Best Original Screenplay}, and three Oscars® for "No Country for Old Men" [2007] {Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation} — out of 8 Oscar® nominations [1997-2008]

Walt Disney [1901-66] received a record 64 Oscar® nominations [1932-1969], and won 22 Academy Awards and 4 Honorary Oscars®

John Ford [1894-1973] won four Oscars® for Best Director: for "The Informer" [1935], for "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940], for "How Green Was My Valley" [1941], and for "The Quiet Man" [1952] — plus two nominations (1939 & 1952)

Samuel Fuller [1911-97] Page

D.W. Griffith [1875-1948] won an Honorary Oscar® in 1936

Buster Keaton [1895-1966] won an Honorary Oscar® in 1960 and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Laurel & Hardy

Spike Lee
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Harold Lloyd [1893-1971] won an Honorary Oscar® in 1953 browse videos • official website

Edward James Olmos Page

Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] Page

Martin Scorsese won a Best Director Oscar® for "The Departed" [2006] — out of 8 Oscar nominations [1981-2007]

Preston Sturges [1898-1959] won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar® for "The Great McGinty" [1940] and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Raoul Walsh [1887-1980] Page

Orson Welles [1915-85] won a shared Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay for "Citizen Kane" [1941] and an Honorary Oscar® in 1971

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