HONOR

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nicholson Baker	Author	7-Jan-1957		Double Fold
Elizabeth Bishop	Poet	8-Feb-1911	6-Oct-1979	North & South
Joseph Brodsky	Poet	24-May-1940	28-Jan-1996	"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Frederick Busch	Novelist	1-Aug-1941	23-Feb-2006	Don't Tell Anyone
E. L. Doctorow	Author	6-Jan-1931		The Book of Daniel
Jennifer Egan	Novelist	6-Sep-1962		A Visit from the Goon Squad
Stanley Elkin	Novelist	11-May-1930	31-May-1995	The Living End
Susan Faludi	Activist	18-Apr-1959		Backlash
Penelope Fitzgerald	Novelist	17-Dec-1916	28-Apr-2000	The Blue Flower
Ernest J. Gaines	Novelist	15-Jan-1933		A Lesson Before Dying
William H. Gass	Novelist	30-Jul-1924		The Tunnel
Louise Glück	Author	22-Apr-1943		The Wild Iris
Erving Goffman	Sociologist	11-Jun-1922	19-Nov-1982	The Presentation of Self
Stephen Jay Gould	Biologist	10-Sep-1941	20-May-2002	Evolutionary scientist
Donald Hall	Poet	20-Sep-1928		The One Day
Shirley Hazzard	Novelist	30-Jan-1931		The Transit of Venus
Paul Hendrickson	Author	29-Apr-1944		Hemingway's Boat
James Merrill	Poet	3-Mar-1926	6-Feb-1995	Nights and Days
Sharon Olds	Poet	19-Nov-1942		The Dead and the Living
Reynolds Price	Author	1-Feb-1933	20-Jan-2011	A Long and Happy Life
Philip Roth	Novelist	19-Mar-1933		Portnoy's Complaint
Ronald Steel	Scholar	25-Mar-1931		Pax Americana
Shelby Steele	Activist	1-Jan-1946		The Content of Our Character

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