Tag Archive | quotes on writing
Author Quote – Maya Angelou
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Maya Angelou on the Power of Imagination Photo: Kent Smith Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She became one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary…
Author Quotes – Margaret Atwood
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Margaret Atwood is a poet, essayist, novelist and Canadian national treasurer. She is also an inventor who holds several patents for a device that allows for remote writing, called the LongPen. Atwood has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 5 times and won once, in 2000. She is…
Author Quotes – James Baldwin
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
James Baldwin (1924 – 1987) was an American novelist, essayist, playwright and poet who frequently explored themes of racial and class divisions in American society. In works like Notes of a Native Son, The Devil Finds Work, and The Fire Next Time, Baldwin critiqued the mores of mid-twentieth century…
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