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Ginsberg, Allen (3 June 1926-6 Apr. 1997), poet, was born in Newark, New Jersey, the younger son of Louis Ginsberg, a high...

Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet. He attended New York public schools, and...

Wild about Wilde

• "Biography lends to death a new terror." –Oscar Wilde

The main reason I love Oscar Wilde is because of his fantastic...

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃zbuʁ]; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer...

Kelli Russell Agodon was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1969. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of...

Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson was born on September 23, 1948, in New York to parents who were both teachers.

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), was an American poet from New York. His poetry book The Rose That Grew From...

Walt Whitman

WALT WHITMAN was born in Westhills, Long Island, May 31, 1819, in a farm-house overlooking the sea. While yet a child his...

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje, the first Canadian winner of the prestigious Booker Prize in 1992, is perhaps most famous for the work that...