English Romantic poet William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was Britain’s poet laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge he ushered in the Romantic Age in English literature when he and Coleridge jointly published Lyrical Ballads in 1798. This collection included included one of Wordsworth’s most famous…
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Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, and theologian. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is the author of over 30 books which have been translated into many languages. Buechner is best known for the novels A Long Day’s Dying, The Book of Bebb, Godric, and Brendan, his memoirs, and his…
Writer's Quote Wednesday: Nido R. Qubein
“Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It’s inside you – if you listen to it, you can play it.” — Nido R. Qubein Nido R. Qubein is an American Lebanese-Jordanian business and motivational speaker who has served as president…
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Kitty O’Meara
“And the people stayed home.And read books, and listened, andrested, and exercised, and made art,and played games, and learned newways of being, and were still. Andlistened more deeply. Somemeditated, some prayed, somedanced. Some met their shadows.And the people beganto think differently. And the people healed.And, in the absence of people livingin ignorant, dangerous, mindless,and heartless…
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. The book is required reading in many middle schools and high schools in the U.S. In 2007, Lee was awarded the…
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: W.E.B. Du Bois
The first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard, W.E.B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author, writer, and editor. He was the leader of the Niagara Movement which sought equal rights for African Americans and was a founder of the NAACP (National Association…
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian author, poet and professor. His novel Things Fall Apart (published in 1958) was internationally acclaimed and is today the most widely read book in African literature.
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Edith Wharton
The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and designer. In addition to 15 novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, she published poetry, books on design and travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir….
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: A. A. Milne
A.A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, screenwriter and playwright whose works included novels, poetry for children, and collections of short stories for children. He is best known for his books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.
Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Abraham Heschel
A Polish-born American rabbi, Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a leading 20th century Jewish theologian and philosopher. He was a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was active in the civil rights movement in the U.S., and authored a number of books on Jewish philosophy that were widely…
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