A Century of Arts and Letters

A Century of Arts and Letters is a book edited by John Updike.

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Jack Beeson

Jack Hamilton Beeson (July 15, 1921 – June 6, 2010) was an American composer. He was known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie...

Cynthia Ozick

Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928) is an American-Jewish short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Cynthia Shoshana Ozick was born in New York City, the...

Louis Auchincloss

Louis Stanton Auchincloss (pronounced /ˈɔːkɨŋklɒs/; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010) was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is...

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian and social critic whose work explored the American liberalism of...

Norman Mailer

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director...

R. W. B. Lewis

Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis (November 1, 1917- June 13, 2002) was an American literary scholar and critic. He gained a wider reputation when he won a 1976...

Richard Lippold

Richard Lippold (May 3, 1915 Milwaukee, Wisconsin – August 22, 2002) was an American sculptor, known for his geometric constructions using wire as a medium. He...

Ada Louise Huxtable

Ada Louise (Landman) Huxtable (born March 14, 1921, in New York, NY) is an architecture critic and writer on architecture. In 1970 she was awarded the first...

Hortense Calisher

Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American writer of fiction. Born in New York City, New York, and a graduate of Hunter College...

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