Writers

Born May 17, 1939, Gary Paulsen is one of America’s most popular writers for young people. Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read, along with his own library card he was hooked. He began spending hours…

Most well-known voices in African-American literature tackle themes related to the plight of their people. This includes their uprooting from their original African homes, decades of slavery in adopted lands, and continuous struggle for acceptance and equality in society. The works of three writers – Gwendolyn Brooks, Zora Neale Hurston, and Maya Angelou – echo…

When the Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga published her first and only novel, Nervous Conditions in 1989, she was immediately recognized as a major new force in African literature. First, it is an autobiographical novel that draws on her experiences as a black child from a middle-class family growing up in England and later having to…

Despite an abundance of newspapers that are available online, there are still several collections that can only be accessed in the old-school fashion: ass-in-seat in front of a microfiche reader. As I prepared for Howard Days this year, I called around to the local libraries in the towns I was going to visit to see…

If you need to report or discuss any issue in regards to domestic abuse you can call  to The Haven. They are the local women’s shelter, and are located about 40 miles from where I live. They provide shelter, support, job training, and counseling to families and children ho are victims of domestic abuse. This…

For our modern day hero we used the singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain from theband Nirvana. This punk Seattle band moved almost mainstream almost overnight. Nirvana caught on fast and changed rock and roll music forever and molded themusic of the 90s, alternative. Cobain had an enormous amount of talent butunfortunately his life was cut…

Kate Chopin’s writing career is during the late 1800’s. She lives in a time where women are sexually suppressed and their opinions are not valued. Her writing holds more in common with our time than the time just after the Civil War. Although her life was full of death, she still lived as happy a…

Usually, I enjoy studying and learning English but learning English can be tough. However, even though studying, learning, writing English can be very tough for non-native speaker English somehow but, not very much. Especially in writing for example: if you take your time in think about that is studying, learning, writing, or even speaking is…

James Baldwin was brought into the world August 2,1924 in Harlem, New York. While at the age 14 Baldwin turned into a minister. In the wake of graduating secondary school in 1942, he needed to put his gets ready for school on hold to help bolster his family, which included seven more youthful youngsters. He…

In his 1948 essay “Good Readers and Good Writers,” Nabokov explores the potential harmonious connection between skilled readers and skilled writers. The essay examines reading and writing, which have lost some value and become standardized due to advancements in education. Literacy is now taken for granted, and little consideration is given to the qualities of…