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Floyd Skloot
Floyd Skloot (born July 6, 1947) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. Some of his work concerns his experience with neurological damage caused by a virus contracted in 1988. His book ''In the Shadow of Memory'' gained favorable critical notice, leading to more reviews of the following book, ''A World of Light'', for the quality of his writing and for the new life he created after illness. His poetry is published in general circulation and literary magazines. Early life and family Floyd Skloot was born July 6, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Harry and Lillian, née Rosen. Skloot received a B.A from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and an M.A. in English at Southern Illinois University, where he studied with the Irish poet Thomas Kinsella. In 2006, Franklin & Marshall College awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. After living in New York and places in the Midwest, Skloot moved to Portland, Oregon in 1984. He worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Memoirists
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21st-century American Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best American Essays
''The Best American Essays'' is a yearly anthology of magazine articles published in the United States.Robert Atwan (ed.), Adam Gopnick (guest ed.). ''The Best American Essays 2008'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. It was started in 1986 and is now part of The Best American Series published by HarperCollins.https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/bestamericanseries Articles are chosen using the same procedure with other titles in the Best American series; the series editor chooses about 100 article candidates, from which the guest editor picks 25 or so for publication; the remaining runner-up articles listed in the appendix. The series is edited by Robert Atwan, and Joyce Carol Oates assisted in the editing process until 2000 with the publication of ''The Best American Essays of the Century''. Guest editors * 1986: Elizabeth Hardwick * 1987: Gay Talese * 1988: Annie Dillard * 1989: Geoffrey Wolff * 1990: Justin Kaplan * 1991: Joyce Carol Oates * 1992: Susan Sontag * 1993: Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award For The Art Of The Essay
The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to an author for a book of original collected essays. The award was founded by PEN Member and author Barbaralee Diamonstein and Carl Spielvogel, former ''New York Times'' columnist, "to preserve the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature." The winner receives a cash award of $10,000. The award was on hiatus from 2005 to 2010.'' Writer's Chronicle'', "PEN Revives Essay Award", February 2011 issueGoogle cache The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. Award winners *1990 Bernard Knox, ''Essays Ancient and Modern'' *1991 Martha Nussbaum, ''Love's Knowledge'' *1992 David Morris, ''The Culture of Pain'' *1993 Frederick Crews, ''The Critics Bear It Away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecco Press
Ecco is a New York-based publishing imprint of HarperCollins. It was founded in 1971 by Daniel Halpern as an independent publishing company; Publishers Weekly described it as "one of America's best-known literary houses." In 1999 Ecco was acquired by HarperCollins, with Halpern remaining at the head. Since 2000, Ecco has published the yearly anthology '' The Best American Science Writing'', edited by Jesse Cohen. In 2011, Ecco created two separate publishing lines, one "curated" by chef-author Anthony Bourdain and the other by novelist Dennis Lehane. History Halpern founded Ecco Press in 1971, originally to publish the literary magazine ''Antaeus''Deahl, Rachel"Milestones: Halpern Reflects on 40 Years of Ecco,"''Publishers Weekly'' (Nov. 25, 2011). (which folded in 1994). Ecco's name was suggested by Halpern's initial backer, ketchup heiress Drue Heinz. Initially, Ecco specialized in reissues and paperback editions of hardcovers previously published by other companies, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best American Science Writing
''The Best American Science Writing'' was a yearly anthology of popular science articles published in the United States, which commenced publication in 2000. The book series was published by Ecco Press (HarperCollins) and concluded after the 2012 installment of the series. Jesse Cohen was the series editor. The series is unrelated to The Best American Science and Nature Writing, which is a part of the Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Guest editors * 2000: James Gleick * 2001: Timothy Ferris * 2002: Matt Ridley * 2003: Oliver Sacks * 2004: Dava Sobel * 2005: Alan Lightman * 2006: Atul Gawande * 2007: Gina Kolata * 2008: Sylvia Nasar * 2009: Natalie Angier * 2010: Jerome Groopman * 2011: Rebecca Skloot and Floyd Skloot * 2012: Michio Kaku In 2010, HarperCollins also published ''The Best of the Best American Science Writing''. The book combined selections from ten former series editors who each selected their favorite essays for republication in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organizations in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The organization publishes a bi-monthly magazine called ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', and is headquartered in New York City. History In 1970, the director of New York’s famed 92nd Street YM-YWHA Poetry Center, Galen Williams, leveraged seed money from the New York State Council on the Arts to launch a new organization for writers that would provide them with fees for giving readings and teaching workshops. The organization began in an apartment on the fringe of the Theater District. Since that time, ''Poets & Writers'' has grown into one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the country for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Poets & Writers cultivated new sources of revenue, enabling the organization to expand its programs and publications. Award-winning editorial a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to submit up to six works they have featured. Anthologies of the selected works have been published annually since 1976. It is supported and staffed by volunteers. Editors The founding editors were Anaïs Nin, Buckminster Fuller, Charles Newman, Daniel Halpern, Gordon Lish, Harry Smith, Hugh Fox, Ishmael Reed, Joyce Carol Oates, Len Fulton, Leonard Randolph, Leslie Fiedler, Nona Balakian, Paul Bowles, Paul Engle, Ralph Ellison, Reynolds Price, Rhoda Schwartz, Richard Morris, Ted Wilentz, Tom Montag, Bill Henderson and William Phillips. Many guest editors have served this collection over the years. They are listed in each edition that they edited. Over 200 contributing editors make nominations for each edition. They are l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Jeanne Marie Laskas (born September 22, 1958) is an American writer, journalist, and professor. Career Laskas is the author of eight books, including ''To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope'' (2018), based on a ''New York Times Magazine'' article, and ''Concussion'' (2015). Similarly, Concussion is based on her 2009 '' GQ'' article "Game Brain" about forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, who tried to publicize his findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players despite NFL opposition. The article was also adapted by Laskas and screenwriter Peter Landesman into a film of the same name, starring Will Smith as Omalu. Laskas is currently a '' GQ'' correspondent and contributes to the ''New York Times Magazine''. Laskas' other works include ''Hidden America'' (2012)'', Growing Girls'' (2006),''The Exact Same Moon'' (2003), and ''Fifty Acres and Poodle'' (2000). Laskas' work has been widely anthologized, including in ''The'' ''Best American Magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
