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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl

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Parsons Weems' Fable, oil on canvas by Grant Wood, 1939; in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Catalog entry: The historian Mason Locke Weems, commonly known by his clerical title, Parson Weems, pulls back a curtain to point at 6-year-old George Washington. Bearing an adult head and holding an axe, George gazes blankly up at his father, Augustine, who questions his son while holding a partially cut cherry tree. All of this takes place in front of a 20th-century brick building, which Wood modeled after his own home in Iowa. The scene illustrates the fable of Washington and the cherry tree, which Weems invented in 1806 for the first president's biography. Wood playfully suggests the artifice of the tale here, presenting the story in the manner of a costumed stage play rather than a real event. Amid the action, two Black figures pick cherries in the background, a reference to Washington' slaveholding past and a reminder of of what often gets left out in historical mythmaking.

Did George Washington Really Say, “I Can’t Tell a Lie”?

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Also Known As	Margaretta Wade Deland
Born	February 23, 1857 • Pennsylvania • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died	January 13, 1945 (aged 87) • Boston • Massachusetts
Notable Works	“John Ward, Preacher” • “The Awakening of Helena Richie” • “The Vehement Flame”

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

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Tillie Olsen

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Master of the macabre

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

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Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

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Percival Everett

Percival Everett

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Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

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John G. Neihardt

John G. Neihardt

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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane

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Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning

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Paula Gunn Allen

Paula Gunn Allen

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Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

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N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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