Tennessee Literary Luminaries
Tennessee Literary Luminaries

Author: Sue Freeman Culverhouse

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1625840225

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“Lively literary profiles” of famous Tennessee writers in a book with “a user-friendly approach to learning more about a mighty impressive roster” (The Dispatch). The Volunteer State has been a pioneer in southern literature for generations, giving us such literary stars as Robert Penn Warren and Cormac McCarthy. But Tennessee’s literary legacy also involves authors such as Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, who delayed writing his first novel but won the Pulitzer Prize upon completing it. Join author Sue Freeman Culverhouse as she explores the rich literary heritage of Tennessee through engaging profiles of its most revered citizens of letters. Includes photos “The extensively researched book is both readable and informative.” —Clarksville Online

Tennessee Literary Luminaries
Tennessee Literary Luminaries

Author: Sue Freeman Culverhouse

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609498306

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"A collection of profiles of famous authors from Tennessee"--

Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires
Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires

Author: Bernard A. Drew

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 162585417X

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The literary history behind this beautiful mountain region. The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant’s poetry. Charles Pierce Burton’s childhood hometown, Adams, became the setting for his frolicking Boys of Bob’s Hill children’s books. During an interlude in Lenox, Patricia Highsmith consulted a local undertaker for details to use in The Talented Mr. Ripley. In this book, Bernard A. Drew brings together a fascinating chronicle of some 250 wordsmiths who took inspiration from the hills and valleys of the Berkshires.

Michigan Literary Luminaries
Michigan Literary Luminaries

Author: Anna Clark

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-05-04

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1625854692

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Discover the novelists, poets, and others who are part of this Midwestern state’s rich literary tradition. From Ernest Hemingway’s rural adventures to the gritty fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, the landscape of the “Third Coast” has inspired generations of the nation’s greatest storytellers. Michigan Literary Luminaries shines a spotlight on this rich heritage of the Great Lakes State. Discover how Saginaw greenhouses shaped the life of Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Theodore Roethke. Compare the common traits of Detroit crime writers like Elmore Leonard and Donald Goines. Learn how Dudley Randall revolutionized American literature by doing for poets what Motown Records did for musicians, and more. With a mixture of history, criticism, and original reporting, journalist Anna Clark takes us on a surprising literary tour.

Florida Literary Luminaries
Florida Literary Luminaries

Author: James C. Clark

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-05-02

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1439674876

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Sit down for a spell with the bevy of famed writers who've found inspiration in the Florida sun. From the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca to James Patterson, writers have found inspiration in the Florida sunshine. Ernest Hemingway met his future wife at Sloppy Joe's in Key West. John Kennedy recovered from back surgery in Palm Beach while working on his Pulitzer Prize winning book. James Weldon Johnson wrote what became The Negro National Anthem at the Stanton School in Jacksonville. And Edna St. Vincent Millay watched in shock as her manuscript went up in flames in Sanibel. Florida historian James Clark tells the stories of scores of writers including Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, John D. MacDonald, and Stephen King. Hunter Thompson driving through the streets of Key West using a bullhorn to warn the citizens, Tennessee Williams partying with Truman Capote, Ring Lardner planning a get together with Al Capone--it's all here.

A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South
A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South

Author: Trish Foxwell

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2013-08-05

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1581577133

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Discover and explore the most fabled venues in American letters. Follow in the footsteps of some of American literature’s most renowned writers: See the hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to pen The Great Gatsby. Step inside the Asheville, North Carolina, home that became the model for Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward Angel. Visit the Florida lighthouse whose beacon Stephen Crane followed after his shipwreck. Wander along the West Lawn at the University o Virginia and see the house where Edgar Allan Poe lived. This literary journey will bring you to these sites and more as you travel throughout the American South. From Virginia to Louisiana, you will experience the haunts, havens, and homesteads of important writers who lived in, visited, or were inspired by the South’s fertile soil.

Florida Literary Luminaries: Writing in Paradise
Florida Literary Luminaries: Writing in Paradise

Author: James C. Clark

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-05

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467149799

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Sit down for a spell with the bevy of famed writers who've found inspiration in the Florida sun. From the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca to James Patterson, writers have found inspiration in the Florida sunshine. Ernest Hemingway met his future wife at Sloppy Joe's in Key West. John Kennedy recovered from back surgery in Palm Beach while working on his Pulitzer Prize winning book. James Weldon Johnson wrote what became The Negro National Anthem at the Stanton School in Jacksonville. And Edna St. Vincent Millay watched in shock as her manuscript went up in flames in Sanibel. Florida historian James Clark tells the stories of scores of writers including Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, John D. MacDonald, and Stephen King. Hunter Thompson driving through the streets of Key West using a bullhorn to warn the citizens, Tennessee Williams partying with Truman Capote, Ring Lardner planning a get together with Al Capone--it's all here.

Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink
Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink

Author: Delia Cabe

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1682680479

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Explore the fabled past and vibrant present of New York’s literary bar scene Want to know what it’s like to pull up a stool with the likes of Hemingway, Updike, or Capote? Curious how Jay McInerney takes his martini, or where to find Colson Whitehead’s favorite neighborhood bar? For well-read drinkers and boozy bookworms everywhere comes Storied Bars of New York, a photographic and historical celebration of the best literary pubs, cocktail bars, and taverns of New York City. Every chapter profiles an influential bar and comes complete with photographs, a laundry list of the writerly clientele, a recipe for the establishment’s signature cocktail (as well as which authors were likely to order it), and a snapshot of its place in New York culture at the time of its eminence, as demonstrated by quotes from authors and excerpts from magazine reviews. In a city where there is almost too much to explore, this guide will make finding your favorite erudite-cool drinking spot that much easier.

What Lies Inside
What Lies Inside

Author: Nick Allen Brown

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2024-09-24

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1684424844

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Five years after the horrific murder of an entire family, locals believe that the family’s vacant farmhouse is haunted. Jessica Calvert, a journalist from Washington, DC, is sent to the sleepy town of St. Clair, Pennsylvania to investigate claims of a light randomly turning on and off in an upstairs bedroom. After digging too deep, she discovers that the only way out of a frightening and gruesome situation is to keep digging.

The Funeral Makers
The Funeral Makers

Author: Cathie Pelletier

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1402294824

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"A crazy, rollicking whoop of a book, written with a poet's sensibility and deeply wacky down-home wisdom."—Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls A century after the impulsive McKinnon brothers set out to tame the Canadian wilderness and instead landed in Mattagash, Maine, their madcap legacy reigns supreme. It's 1959, and Pearl and Sicily McKinnon have gathered to plan a funeral for Marge, their older sister dying from the rare disease beriberi, thanks to her eccentric diet. Pearl, who skipped town with big-city dreams only to marry a funeral director, soon clashes with the long-suffering Sicily, who herself is coping with an unfaithful husband. To make matters worse, Sicily's teenage daughter is lusting after the town's blackest sheep, a ne'er-do-well twice her age. Brimming with darkly quirky humor and irresistible spunk, The Funeral Makers explores the inescapable ironies of American life and family dynamics and captures the spirit of a world that is as once familiar and quickly fading from view.