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A question and answer session with J.K. Rowling.
Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.
A brief article about photographer and director Gordon Parks.
A brief article about Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer, and actress Maya Angelou.
A brief article about Jame Baldwin, including related resources.
Learn about Civil Rights leader James Meredith, who in 1961 was denied admission to the University of Mississippi…
Learn more about the life of contemporary novelist Toni Morrison.
Learn more about the life of Langston Hughes, American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
An article about writer Richard Wright.
A brief article about poet Phillis Wheatley.
Read about the life and work of Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born English novelist and critic, in this biography.
Read about the life of 14th-century writer Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales.
Read this biography to learn more about Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish writer who penned the play The Importance of Being…
Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…
In this poetry reading comprehension activity, students will read an interview with Jose Garcia Villa about his “Lyric…
Read this biography to learn about the life, poems, and songs of Robert Burns (1759–1796).
Find information about the career highlights of Mordecai Richler, a Canadian novelist and critic.
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
This biography details the life of So You Want to Be President author Judith St. George.
Read about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.
An article about great Irish writers.
Distribute an article that details the many talented African American writers from Phillis Wheatley to James Baldwin.
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.