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Detroit In Literature
The role of Detroit, Michigan, and in literature has been significantly discussed, including in academic works. The city and its suburbs, is the setting for a number of novels and short story collections, Anna Clark "Reading American cities: books about Detroit" ''The Guardian'' May 22, 201 including: * Louis-Ferdinand Céline, ''Voyage au bout de la nuit'', 1932 (''Journey to the End of the Night'', 1934) * Harriette Arnow, ''The Dollmaker'' 1954 * Rainelle Burton, ''The Root Worker, 2001'' * Jim Daniels, ''Detroit Tales'' 2003 * Jeffrey Eugenides, ''The Virgin Suicides'' 1993 and ''Middlesex'' 2002 * Arthur Hailey, ''Wheels'' 1971 * Gary Hardwick, ''The Executioner's Game'' 2005 * William X. Kienzle, ''The Rosary Murders'' 1979 * Elmore Leonard, ''City Primeval: Detroit at High Noon'' 1980 * Joyce Carol Oates, ''them'' 1968 * Harold Robbins, ''The Betsy'' 1971 * James O'Barr, ''The Crow'' 1981 * Marge Piercy, "Braided Lives" * Patrick O'Leary, ''Door Number Three'' 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. '' Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Them (novel)
''Them'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the third in the ''Wonderland Quartet'' she inaugurated with ''A Garden of Earthly Delights''. It was published by Vanguard in 1969 and it won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1970."National Book Awards – 1970" (NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-13. (With acceptance speech by Oates and essay by Harold Augenbraum from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) Many years and many awards later, Oates surmised that ''them'' and '' |
Frank Anthony Polito
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Borri
Joe Borri (born June 11, 1962, in Detroit, Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...) is an artist and writer. Born and raised in Detroit, Borri graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1984. He is married and has four children. His 2007 anthology "Eight Dogs Named Jack" was published by Momentum Books. External linksJoe's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Borri, Joe 1962 births Writers from Detroit Living people Northern Michigan University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander C
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Clemens (author)
Paul Clemens (born 1973 in Detroit) is an American non-fiction writer and journalist. Life He was born and grew up in Detroit, which has become the subject matter for much of his work. His books include the memoir ''Made in Detroit'' and ''Punching Out'', a book of long-form journalism about the closing of a Detroit auto plant. His work has also appeared in ''The New York Times''. Works *''Made in Detroit'', Doubleday, 2005 *''Punching Out'', Doubleday, 2011 Awards *2008 Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ... *2011 Whiting Award References External linksProfile at The Whiting Foundation {{DEFAULTSORT:Clemens, Paul American non-fiction writers Living people Writers from Detroit 1973 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffry Scott Hansen
Jeffry is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jeffry D. Wert, American historian and author specializing in the American Civil War *Jeffry H. Larson, American Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Brigham Young University *Jeffry McWild, character from the video game ''Virtua Fighter'' *Jeffry House (born 1946), American lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *Jeffry Picower (1942–2009), American investor and philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandal *Jeffry Wyatville (1766–1840), English architect and garden designer See also * Jeffery (name) * Jeff Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * ... * Geoffrey (name) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Leary (writer)
Patrick O'Leary (Saginaw, Michigan, September 13, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and ad copy writer. Life and work O'Leary's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. He wrote the poem "Nobody Knows It But Me" which was used in the popular 2002 advertising campaign for the Chevrolet Tahoe and read in the commercial by James Garner. Works * ''Door Number Three'' (1995) * ''The Gift'' (1998) – nominated for the World Fantasy Award * '' Other Voices, Other Doors'' (collection) (2000) * ''The Impossible Bird'' (2002) * "The Cane" (2007) Published in ''Postscripts 12'' * ''The Black Heart'' (2009) * "51" (2022) References External linksO'Leary's Tumblr page"Nobody Knows It But Me"at Everything2 Excerpts from interviewin ''Locus Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to: Entertainment * Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist and writer. Her work includes '' Woman on the Edge of Time''; ''He, She and It'', which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and ''Gone to Soldiers'', a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Communist social and political activism, and feminist ideals. Life Family and early life Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan to Bert (Bunnin) Piercy and Robert Piercy. While her father was non-religious from a Presbyterian background, she was raised Jewish by her mother and her Orthodox Jewish maternal grandmother, who gave Piercy the Hebrew name of Marah. On her childhood and Jewish identity, Piercy said: "Jews and blacks were always lumped together when I grew up. I didn’t grow up 'white.' Jews weren't white. My first boyfriend was black. I didn't find out I was white until we spent time in Baltimore and I went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Barr
James O'Barr (born January 1, 1960) is an American comics artist, writer and graphic artist, best known as the creator of the comic book series ''The Crow''. Early life O'Barr, an orphan, was raised in the foster care system. Career In 1978, O'Barr enlisted in the Marines. While stationed in Germany, he illustrated combat manuals for the military. Before entering the Marines, O'Barr's fiancée, Beverly, had been killed by a drunk driver. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on his comic ''The Crow'' as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy. O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a $20 engagement ring. In ''The Crow'', the protagonist, Eric, and his fiancée, Shelly, are murdered by a gang of criminals. Eric then returns from the dead, guided by a supernatural crow, to hunt their killers. After his discharge from the Marines, O'Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing various odd j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Robbins
Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. Early life Robbins was born Harold Rubin in New York City, the son of Frances "Fannie" Smith and Charles Rubin. His parents were well-educated Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, his father from Odessa and his mother from Neshwies (Nyasvizh), south of Minsk. Robbins later falsely claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home. Instead he was raised by his father, a pharmacist, and his stepmother, Blanche, in Brooklyn. Robbins dropped out of high school in the late 1920s to work in a variety of jobs, including errand boy, bookies' runner, and inventory clerk in a grocers. He was employed by Universal Pictures from 1940 to 1957, starting off as a clerk and rising to an executive. Work His first book was '' Never Love a Stranger'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Black Water'' (1992), ''What I Lived For'' (1994), and '' Blonde'' (2000), and her short story collections ''The Wheel of Love'' (1970) and ''Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories'' (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel ''them'' (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019). Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014, and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. Since 2016, she has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she teaches short fiction in the spring semesters. Oates was elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
