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I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

~David Eddings

Topics: American American Literature Back Bad Contribution Enormous Literature Made Slightly Which

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In college, I started to get soaked in the materials. Subsequently, I worked with R.W.B. Lewis, Robert Penn Warren, and Cleanth Brooks on a history of American literature - I did that for seven or eight years. In the course of that work, my interest in Faulkner deepened and has been sustained ever since.

~David Milch

Topics: American American Literature Been Brooks College Course Did Eight Ever Faulkner Get History Interest Lewis Literature Materials Penn Robert Seven Since Started Subsequently Sustained Warren Work Worked Years

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Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.

~David Morrell

Topics: About American American Literature Attention Awareness Creator Doctorate Enforcement Henry Hostile Influences James Law Law Enforcement Literature Major Might Military Paying People Persistent Personnel Some Some People Surprised Theme Whether Whose World Writing

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I'm using my degree. You know, I studied English and American literature in college, and now I'm an American poet.

~Eileen Myles

Topics: American American Literature College Degree English Know Literature Now Poet Studied Using You

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All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: American American Literature Book Huckleberry Finn Literature Mark Mark Twain Modern One Book Twain

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Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in American literature.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: American American Literature Brilliant Canon Deserves Genius Great Language Lincoln Literature Part Seen Who Writer Writers

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