Mr. Rothman's list of Contemporary American Authors?
Q. On a walk to remember, a "list" is mentioned. Mr. Rothman's list of contemporary author's. Apparently there's an American list and British list etc. I was wondering where I could find a copy of this list if it is in fact an actual list. Thank you in advance.
Asked by Mel !! <3 - Fri Jun 5 14:04:34 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Can't find anything on it. You could always try contacting Sparks
Answered by cole i - Mon Jun 8 01:58:00 2009

can you list some American authors
Q. I have summer reading for school next year and I have to read 2 books written by american authors. I am kind of picky with the types of books, I need it to be an interesting book. I like books along the lines of war, sports, something that will keep me interested through the whole book
Asked by Ray - Thu Aug 7 14:38:01 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I personally like suspense Dan Brown Stephen King Tess Gerritson James Patterson John Grisham I also like many classics and traditional fiction... But everyone has their own tastes... I don't read sports books, so I can't help you on that account. I did read 1776 by David McCullough, about the Revolutionary War, which was pretty good, but I'm not a war-book fan. Another book covering the Revolutionary War which I read was General George Washington: A Military Life. I enjoyed it. Then, of course, there's Hiroshima. I read that back in high school. Now, for a different kind of recommendation... crossing the "suspense books" and "war books" themes... James Patterson wrote a suspense novel called "London Bridges" (it's part of his "A [cont.]
Answered by Charles V - Thu Aug 7 14:55:07 2008

I'm looking for a list of famous authors who have committed suicide, especially American authors.?
Q. I know of Hemmingway and Plath, but I'd like to compile a more extensive list.
Asked by bcaseyyork - Thu Dec 7 18:06:09 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well you could browse this list of famous suicides (or use the Find Tool on your browser) or get the book Final Drafts: Suicides of World Famous Authors by Mark Seinfelt Here are a few listed in the book (I'm sure they're not all American, but I don't recognize all the names): Hart Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Jerzy Kosinski, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, John Kennedy Toole, Virginia Woolf, Kosinski, Michael Dorris, and Eugene Izzi,John Berryman, Ambrose Bierce, Harry Crosby, John Davidson, William Inge, Randall Jarrell, Arthur Koestler, T. E. Lawrence, Primo Levi, Jack London, Jay Anthony Lukas, Tom McHale, Yukio Mishima, Henry de Montherlant, Seth Morgan, George Sterling, Sara Teasdale, Ernst Toller, Sergey Yesenin.
Answered by tundra - Thu Dec 7 18:34:11 2006

who are some well known american authors whose works are freshman level?
Q. AMERICAN!!! japanese NO japanese-american YES! irish NO irish-american YES! you get the point authors that have written novels that are easy to read and understand for freshman/sophomores in high school. no gossip girl, a-list, clique type of girly drama books! please help me!!
Asked by Hello :) - Mon Sep 15 02:32:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Edgar A. Poe, Stephen King, John Steinbeck, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Frank McCourt, Samuel Clemens!!, Stephen Crane, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville None of them are 'girly', and if you want something hilarious from Clemens, try his book, "Innocents Abroad"
Answered by Douglas S - Mon Sep 15 02:52:58 2008

American Literature project (authors)?
Q. I'm in an honors level english American Literature class and we have to read three books by an author and then write a ten page report on the author themselves. Can anyone come up with a list of authors I may be able to do for my American Literature project that would be very impressive. (Ex. Ernest Hemingway) Please, nothing like Jodi Piccoult... And they must be American Authors, which crosses out Charles Dickens etc. thankyou :]
Asked by no.idea.yo'. - Wed Nov 18 17:19:34 2009 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments

A. It's just really sad to me that modern authors' work isn't considered literature because it wasn't written 50 years ago. Even writers like Ken Kesey (One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest) isn't considered a literary author. Only Hemingway and Steinbeck get that honor and I don't like it. There are some really great authors out there. I also ask myself who this "group" is that decides what qualifies at literature and what does not. I mean, who are they that set these "rules" in place? I just wonder...but that's not answering your question. Um, since apparently literature never changes ( because new authors can't get in), it's just the same authors as usual. John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Harper Lee- the usual crew. Even MAry Shelley's work… [cont.]
Answered by Lana T. - Wed Nov 18 17:32:27 2009

How can I find an alphabetical list of American poets?
Q. Author of a poem titled "Friends".
Asked by Rodney A - Sat Jul 29 21:06:17 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

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Answered by california_gurl16 - Sat Jul 29 22:00:47 2006

Can someone please give me a list of names for early (or the first/original) American Puritan writers/authors?
Q. Can someone please give me a list of names for early (or the first/original) American Puritan writers/authors?
Asked by k - Mon May 26 19:23:27 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. This site lists them all plus links to their writings.
Answered by Frosty - Mon May 26 19:31:04 2008

plays by american authors?
Q. for american literature our research paper has to be on a play/short story/ novel by an american author. if anyone can give me a list of plays (accredited-- like well known) plays that are written by americans, that would be GREAT. really really great. perferably well known plays, so that there are resources on it. and if anyone wants to give me any suggestions on any american novels that would be acceptable to do a research paper on (so... not twilight) that would also be phenomonal. THANKS!! :)
Asked by thequeenoffresh - Tue Jan 6 22:02:50 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Oh man. "The Great Gatsby" is a novel, not a play, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What do they teach in schools these days? Well-known plays by American authors: The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
Answered by truefirstedition - Tue Jan 6 22:14:28 2009

What book for my "American Authors" Project?
Q. My project will have to be about a book written by an American author. The book must have had some significance with American society or culture. (It is for a U.S. History class). Currently my list of books include the following titles: 1. Freedom Summer (1974) 2. The Last of the Mohicans(1826) 3. Hiroshima (1946) 4. A Farewell to Manzanar (1973) 5. Ramona (1871) 6. Washington Square (1959) 7. The Turn of the Screw (1898) 8. Hunger of Memory (1982) 9. Fast Food Nation (2001) 10. Grapes of Wrath (1939) 11. All President's Men (1974) Can you give me your opinions of the books in my list? If you absolutely dislike one (or more) of my book titles, please tell me. I do not really know most of the books in the list. If you have any book… [cont.]
Asked by azul_601 - Sat Nov 8 13:21:15 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hiroshima is the John Hersey book, yes? (I'm going by the date here, there are actually several books with that title). If that's the case, you should do some research on just how this book came about. It wasn't originally a book -- it was an entire special issue of the New Yorker that helped spark a small but vocal anti-bombing movement, which ultimately resulted in the Feb. 1947 Henry Stimson article in Harper's that was basically meant to quiet the rebellious mutterings and that also gave us the argument that the bombings saved a million American lives. So the impact of the book might not be as obvious as, say, The Grapes of Wrath, but I would say it still had a profound impact. You'll just need a lot of good research to back it up. … [cont.]
Answered by Aya - Thu Nov 13 23:59:04 2008

What is the process that search engines like Yahoo and Google use to list the order of a search?
Q. My example was that I punched in the name of a book by an Armenian-American author who teaches at Colgate but instead of Amazon being the first in line to come up it was 3rd while a small Turkish sponsored website which refutes the genocide came up 1st. I am this question for no other reason than to understand how these search engines come up with their results as the results disturb me.
Asked by Chris M - Tue Nov 20 18:43:32 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There is a whole science into it. Google and other search engines cannot manually review every resource - there are gazillions of web pages indexed by them. Tey use their own algorithms that determine the ranking (order) of pages in the search results. Those algorithms have been developed over years - they use dozens of factors, are quite complicated and are not publicly disclosed. If you are interested in details, search for "Google SEO" and explore the links below.
Answered by General Cucombre - Tue Nov 20 18:58:54 2007

Can you recommend great american indian/native american romance novels & authors?
Q. Ever since I read Kathleen Harrington's Cherish the Dream I've fallen in love w/ American Indian romances. I'd like to read similar books but these are not very common nowadays & I don't know where to look. I need some list of good romances & their authors. thanks. =) romance only, PLS. =] To jo: I don't mean it in a derogatory way. In fact, I a adore American Indian men. But how else will I make the distinction? =(
Asked by Christa - Sat Aug 8 06:55:31 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Princess and the Wolf by Karen Kay Married by proxy to a European prince she doesn't love, the princess Sierra will not believe her husband died in far-off America -- and crosses an ocean to discover the truth. But the determined royal lady will need a scout in this wild new land, and she must put her mission and her life in the hands of High Wolf, the proud Cheyenne brave she once loved with all her heart and should rightly have wed. Years earlier High Wolf learned much as guest in a European court -- until a woman's treachery sent him home with his spirit sore but unbroken. Now the regal beauty who deceived him has come to ask his help and his desire is enflamed anew. Honor demands that he lead the princess on her journey. But… [cont.]
Answered by davches - Sat Aug 8 08:18:21 2009

Where can I find a list of F. Scott Fitzgerald's awards and achievements?
Q. F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American Author in the the jazz-age. He was the author of The Great Gatsby
Asked by almostoutn07 - Tue Apr 11 22:38:11 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

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Answered by TabbyCat - Sat Apr 15 04:25:43 2006

Is Schindler's List a good book?
Q. We are doing an independent novel unit in my advanced sophomore English class. The guidelines are: the book has to be 200 pages (easy) and must be written by a non-American author. I think I'm going to read Schindler's List but I'm not completely sure. So is it good? Or does anyone have any suggestions. I kind of want to read a book about the holocaust. At first I wanted to read Night by Elie Weisel but it's not 200 pages. Does anyone know of a book like it?
Asked by Ae - Thu Apr 19 20:02:05 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. No - Schindler's List is a GREAT book. Use it - you will enjoy it tremendously. It is an excellent selection - especially if you want a holocaust book. Pax - C.
Answered by Persiphone_Hellecat - Thu Apr 19 20:19:19 2007

plays by americans? american plays?
Q. for american literature our research paper has to be on a play/short story/ novel by an american author. if anyone can give me a list of plays (accredited-- like well known) plays that are written by americans, that would be GREAT. really really great. perferably well known plays, so that there are resources on it. and if anyone wants to give me any suggestions on any american novels that would be acceptable to do a research paper on (so... not twilight) that would also be phenomonal. THANKS!! :) i know about all those basic school novels-- the crucible, scarlet letter, great gatsby, catcher in the rye, billy budd, grapes of wrath. arthur miller, j,d salinger-- i already know all of those. we read and discussed those in class (im a… [cont.]
Asked by thequeenoffresh - Tue Jan 6 22:03:45 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Five of America's current leading playwrights: Nilo Cruz (Beauty of the Father), Julia Jordan (Boy), Terrence McNally (The Visit), Paul Rudnick (Valhalla) and Regina Taylor (Drowning Crow) My favorite American playwright: Tony Kushner Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich.
Answered by Elbie - Tue Jan 6 22:17:12 2009

Any recommendations for romantic American Classic Literature?
Q. I'm going to have to do a research project, and I didn't like the list she gave me. So I was wondering if anyone had any books by American authors that were romantic, and intriguing. Also it needs to have some sort of literary merit. This is for an Honors English class. So please, any suggestion would be helpful. If you could include a little summary, or a link to the synopsis, it would be great! Thank you in advance! Romantic, as in the genre or the story has romance, and also sorry if I was not clear, but I'm looking for novels. Hope this info helps. Romantic is just my preference.
Asked by katt3a - Mon Feb 4 00:05:16 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Why don't you try the books of Edith Wharton, namely The House of Mirth (Lily Bart is a celebrated beauty who has to pay her whole life for one moment of deviance from the customs and exigences of society. She has always wanted to marry for money for as she puts it '[she] is expensive to maintain'. She is unable to marry the man she loves (Lawrence Sedley)simply because he is too poor.At the end, she dies, presumably from an overdose of sleeping pills, which we suspect to have been wilfully taken), The Custom of the Country ( Undine Spragg is a very beautiful young girl who is seeking to marry somebody rich. She has a dark past which is only hinted at and until we hear of it by direct reference we believe that it is only a broken… [cont.]
Answered by Bess - Mon Feb 4 06:02:11 2008

What is one of the authors Will Durant thinks everyone must know to understand "American Civilization?
Q. It's listed in the book "Will Durant The Greatest Minds of and Ideas of all Time."
Asked by Britty - Tue Feb 19 17:33:38 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. check this link out... hope this helps!
Answered by *Kurosaki Ichigo ,* - Tue Feb 19 17:35:59 2008

English 2 Honors, Summer Reading Quest.?
Q. Okay, well i need help on finding some books to read over the summer for my English 2 Honors Class. I have to read a Current Contemporary American Fiction book. The author must be from America, the plot, themes, characters, and the setting must strictly relate to America. It must be a book from the New York Times book Review's "Bestsellers" lists from June 1, 2006 to the present. Harry potter, The Da Vinci Code, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are not acceptable. They didnt give us a list of Authors and i need some help finding some. Can anyone name an American author, whose plot, themes, characters, and setting strictly relate to America ?
Asked by jammyehxoh - Thu Jun 14 19:57:02 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi. I went to Barnes and Nobles site and typed "new york times bestsellers" and all their books came up. You can pick your favorite from there. If you see the book Born Blue by Han Nolan, I recommend it highly assuming you are a mature child. It is realistic fiction, interesting, and hard to put down. It strictly relates to American teens today. It won all kinds of awards and I recommend it assuming you enjoy realistic fiction. It is a bit "edgy" so if you are a Harry Potter type, you might not enjoy it. A couple others I recommend are "First Part Last" and also, Walter Dean Myers "The Handbook for Boys." Both would fulfill your objectives. (Show, or email your teacher and maybe she would let you substitute out these books in… [cont.]
Answered by imcurious - Thu Jun 14 20:25:03 2007

Need a Summer Reading Book
Q. I have been looking and I can't make up my mind on a book I want to read this summer. I need to read a book by an american author. Here is the link to my assignment. Go to the second page and there are a list of "Suggested Authors". summer assignments/Resource Room Soph.pdf I'm asking if you know a good book by one of those authors, please tell me the name of the book and which author it is. But make sure it isn't in the "excluded" list. Or if you know a good book to read that's by any American author that you know for sure of but isn't on the list, please add that too! I'm a Sophomore in High School if that would help pick a book. THANKS!
Asked by Like my Name? - Sun Aug 3 15:20:09 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Night is a good suggestion. This authors' list provides you with different style of stories. Crichton, Clark and Cook are more mystery/thriller types of books. Mitch Albom writes nice stories too.
Answered by manonski - Sun Aug 3 15:46:43 2008

I'm looking for a side-by-side comparison of the characteristics of realism vs. naturalism in American Lit.?
Q. Like a link to some kind of side by side chart. I had one in my notes from class but i lost it. I dont need examples of texts or authors, just a list of the traits of each style.
Asked by imalivenow - Tue Mar 3 17:05:27 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Here's a webpage that goes over the main characteristics of realism and naturalism. It's not a side-by-side chart, but it should do. Cheers.
Answered by siobhan_23 - Thu Mar 5 10:33:05 2009

Good Books for 13-year-old Girl?
Q. My daughter's 13th birthday is coming up and she loves to read. I'm trying to find new titles and series titles that she would love. She's not into the Twilight series, but she loved Harry Potter. She's read the series by Louise Rennison and loved that as well. She likes The Cheetah Girl movies but didn't care for the books. She read the Alice series and loved those too.Of course she is addicted to HSM and The Jonas Brothers, if that helps. I'm just trying to compose a list of titles that I would purchase for her. Giving her a gift cards for books won't help because she will stay in the store for hours and won't choose anything for herself but she loves when I recommend titles. The problem is I'm out of suggestions. She's read the Little… [cont.]
Asked by WillLynn 1 - Wed Oct 8 14:46:04 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If she likes Louise Rennison she'll probably like "Girl, 15, charming but insane" by Sue Limb or One of the books by Jacqueline Wilson (Tracy Beaker, Lola Rose, Candyfloss etc) She may like books by Malorie Blackman. A great series by her is the Naughts and Crosses series. Maybe she'd like a book by Darren Shan? He writes a great series that starts with "Cirque du Freak". I read them when I was your daughter's age. They are a little scary as they are about vampires, but they're not too long and there are several in the series so when she finishes one she can just walk into the book shop and pick up another! She might like the goosebumps books. They're not too scary but talk about things coming to life etc etc. I'm about a year older than… [cont.]
Answered by Me. - Wed Oct 8 15:04:55 2008