PASTEL COLOR PRESENTATION

Poetry Project #6

Post-World War II Poets

by Alaina, Hayden, and Landon

06/10/18

Index

Brooke Russell Astor

James Patterson

Allan Bloom

Alice Walker

William Gibson

Literary Terms/Thanks

June Jordan

Brooke Russell Astor

Born:

March 30th, 1902, Portsmouth, NH.

Career:

She was a writer, socialite, and philanthropist.

Died:

August 13th, 2007, Briarcliff Manor, NY.

Genre of Writing:

Mystery Novels

Interesting Fact about Their Life:

• She kept her real identity secret for twenty years by using the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Brooke Russell Astor

Her Contribution to Literature:

Footprints

The Last Blossom on the Plum Tree: A Period Piece

The Bluebird is at Home

Patchwork Child: Early Memories

published in 1980

published in 1962

published in 1965

Published in 1986

Allan David Bloom

Born:

September 14th, 1930, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Career:

Died:

Bloom was a classicist, American philosopher, and academic.

October 7th, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois.

Genre:

Political commentary and scholary topics.

Facts:

• He attended the University of Chicago in 1955 where he recieaved a Ph.D.

• He was a professor at Yale, University of Chicago, and Cornell.

Allan David Bloom

His Contribution to Literature:

Love and Friendship

Shakespeare on Love and Friendship

Giants and Dwarfs

The Closing of the American Mind

published in 1990

published in 1987

A collection of essays

published in 1993

Published in 2000

William Gibson

Born:

March 17th, 1948, in Conway, SC.

Career:

He worked as a author, introducing a new subgenre in the process.

Died:

He's still kick'n at the age of 76.

Genre of Writing:

Science fiction

Interesting Fact about Their Life:

• He is credited with creating the subgenre known as cyberpunk.

William Gibson

His Contribution to Literature:

Zero History

The Peripheral

Spook Country

Pattern Recognition

Published in 2014

published in 2007

published in 2003

published in 2010

The first novel within his new series

June Jordan

Born:

July 9th, 1936, in Harlem, NY.

Career:

Died:

She was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist.

June 14th, 2002, in Berkeley, California.

Genre:

Poetry, fiction, essays, drama, and children's writings.

Facts:

• She liked to talk in "Black English" because she viewed it as important to her culture.

• She supported the lgbtq+ movement and was even honored in the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor.

June Jordan

Her Contribution to Literature:

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

His Own Where

Civil Wars

Who Look at Me

Published in 2010

published in 1981

published in 1969

published in 1995

James Patterson

Born:

March 22nd, 1947, in Newburgh, NY.

Career:

He worked as a author.

Died:

He's still kick'n at the age of 77.

Genre of Writing:

He incorperated many genres in his literature, his favorite being thriller.

Interesting Fact about Their Life:

• Patterson has sold over 425 million copies worldwide.

James Patterson

His Contribution to Literature:

1st to Die

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

Kiss the Girls

Along Came a Spider

published in 2001

published in 1995

published in 1993

Follows four protagonists as they solve a murder mystery

Published in 2005

Alice Walker

Born:

Febuary 9th, 1944, in Eatonton, GA.

Career:

Died:

She is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist.

Still alive at the age of 80.

Genre:

African-American Literature and feminist writings.

Fact:

• She has been involved with the Civil Rights Movement, animal activism, and pacifism.

Alice Walker

Her Contribution to Literature:

The Third Life of Grange Copeland

The Color Purple

The Temple of my Familiar

Meridian

published in 1982

published in 1976

published in 1970

Published in 1989

Literary Terms Used:

-Literature

That concludes the presentation,

Thank you!

-Essay

-Protagonist

-Genre

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