Paula Gunn Allen

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Also Known As	Paula Marie Francis
Born	October 24, 1939 • Albuquerque • New Mexico
Died	May 29, 2008 (aged 68) • California
Notable Works	“The Blind Lion” • “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions” • “The Woman Who Owned the Shadows”
Subjects Of Study	Indigenous American peoples • feminism

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Janet Campbell Hale

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Leslie Marmon Silko

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James Weldon Johnson

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Louis Zukofsky

American poet

S.S. Van Dine

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Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.

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Eunice Tietjens

poet, novelist, and editor

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Ella Cara Deloria

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Linda Hogan

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

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Merwin, W.S.

W.S. Merwin

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Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe

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David Sedaris

David Sedaris

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Scott Turow

Scott Turow

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Conrad Aiken.

Conrad Aiken

American writer

Tobias Wolff

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Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

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