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40 Cards in this Set
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first ever recipient of Mark Twain prize given by Poetry magazine
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Billy Collins
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during 9/11, read "The Names" to Congress to all those who died
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Billy Collins
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invented Poetry 180 to encourage students to read poetry
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Billy Collins
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favorite book: Oxford English Dictionary
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Dan Brown
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achieved huge success from "The Da Vinci Code"
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Dan Brown
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tried to be musician, like mother: first CD was "Angels and Demons"
-name of one of his books |
Dan Brown
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fought in Vietnam War: influenced books like "The Things They Carried"
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Tim O'Brien
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known for storytelling
-what's right vs. what's wrong (perception vs. truth) |
Tim O'Brien
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journalist for NY Times (degree in journalism from Harvard)
= enemy of govt: reported on benefits of communism rather than democracy |
David Halberstam
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wrote "The Best and the Brightest" referring to JFK's cabinet: sarcastic b/c they screwed up Vietnam War
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David Halberstam
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fans built android in honor of him
-now location of robot is unknown |
Philip K. Dick
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took drugs, mentally unstable, on speed, schizophrenic?
-"2-3-74": saw visions of ancient Rome |
Philip K. Dick
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part of hippie movement (fled to Canada to avoid Vietnam war draft)
-coined the terms "cyberspace," "cyperpunk," and "steampunk" |
William Gibson
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theme: high tech meets low life; artificial intelligence (thinking computer), dystopia society (bad influence of computers)
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William Gibson
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actually resisted using computers and internet: books written on typewriter
-book "Neuromancer" influenced the Matrix and music of U2 |
William Gibson
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life of trouble:
-raped by mother's boyfriend (mute for 5 years) -lived in junkyard after mother cut her w/ knife -pregnant at 16 (Guy) -rejected from U.S. Army -prostitute to help husband pay debt (all a lie) |
Maya Angelou
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"I know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
"Phenomenal Woman" |
Maya Angelou
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wrote for high school newspaper: The Echo
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Kurt Vonnegut
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mother committed suicide on Mother's Day; sister died from cancer
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Kurt Vonnegut
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involvement in WWII: captured by Germans in Battle of the Bulge
=Dresden Firebombing =wrote "Slaughter-House Fire", "Cat's Cradle" |
Kurt Vonnegut
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lived in African Congo for 2 years
=The Poisonwood Bible |
Barbara Kingsolver
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piano scholarship
degree in biology |
Barbara Kingsolver
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wrote "The Bean Trees" while pregnant and suffering from insomnia
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Barbara Kingsolver
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Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" based off of him
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Truman Capote
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threw himself a party in honor of himself and "In Cold Blood"
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Truman Capote
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lots of problems:
-mother was alcoholic, gold-digger (17 when pregnant) -lonely, disliked, fell into drugs and drinking |
Truman Capote
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wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Truman Capote
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playwright, moviestar
-won Tony Awards |
David Mamet
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"The Duck Variations," "American Buffalo," "Glengarry Glen Ross"
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David Mamet
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"The Notebook," "Message in a Bottle," "A Walk to Remember"
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Nicholas Sparks
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history:
-valediction in hs, track -met wife on spring break, mother died in horse-riding accident, autistic son |
Nicholas Sparks
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voted best looking in plaid in Vogue magazine
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Joseph Heller
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grew up in Coney Island, NY
had love for eating enlisted as pilot in WWII |
Joseph Heller
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"Catch-22": gained support during Vietnam War
"Now and Then": autobiography |
Joseph Heller
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parents had connections to big Chinese rulers (ex. Mao Zedong)
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Li-Young Lee
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Asian culture had big influence on him; themes of memory, origin, culture, importance of God, father as moral figure: all interconnected
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Li-Young Lee
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wrote Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk
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shock writer; violence and sexual references - dark outlook
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Chuck Palahniuk
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sent out severed arm
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Chuck Palahniuk
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short story "Guts" from Haunted has made many faint
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Chuck Palahniuk
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