https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv en-us 2021-08-12 00:39:40 UTC 2021-08-12 00:58:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png bdupre https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676142515 1912-1982

American short-story writer and novelist whose work describes, often through fantasy and ironic comedy, the life, manners, and morals of middle-class suburban America. Cheever has been called “the Chekhov of the suburbs” for his ability to capture the drama and sadness of the lives of his characters by revealing the undercurrents of apparently insignificant events. Known as a moralist, he judges his characters from the standpoint of traditional morality (Britannica).]]> 2021-08-12 00:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676142515 bdupre https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676143294 1911-1979 

Unlike her contemporary and good friend Robert Lowell, who wrote in the Confessional style, Bishop’s poetry avoids explicit accounts of her personal life and focuses instead with great subtlety on her impressions of the physical world.

Her images are precise and true to life, and they reflect her own sharp wit and moral sense. She lived for many years in Brazil, communicating with friends and colleagues in America only by letter. She published sparingly, and her work is often praised for its technical brilliance and formal variety (Poets.org).]]> 2021-08-12 00:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676143294 bdupre https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676152275 British author known for her treatment of race, religion, and cultural identity and for her novels’ eccentric characters, savvy humor, and snappy dialogue. She became a sensation in the literary world with the publication of her first novel, White Teeth, in 2000 (Britannica)


]]> 2021-08-12 00:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676152275 bdupre https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676157991 Lê Thị Diễm Thúy was born in Phan Thiet, southern Vietnam. She and her father left Vietnam in 1978, by boat, eventually settling in Southern California. She is the author of the novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For.]]> 2021-08-12 00:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bdupre/mdzph3dxlttx63wv/wish/1676157991