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		Anniina's Alice Walker Page ^Votes:0 Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth and last child of Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker, who were sharecroppers. When Alice Walker was eight years old, she lost sight of one eye when one of her older brothers shot her with a BB gun by accident. In high school, Alice Walker was valedictorian of her class, and that achievement, coupled with a "rehabilitation scholarship" made it possible for her to go to Spelman, a college for black women in Atlanta, Georgia. After spending two years at Spelman, she transferred to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and during her junior year traveled to Africa as an exchange student. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965. After finishing college, Walker lived for a short tim Read More Go to Site


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		Pearl S. Buck International: Pearl S. Buck International Homepage ^Votes:0 Search our Site **JavaScript based drop down DHTML menu generated by NavStudio. (OpenCube Inc. - http://www.opencube.com)** Pearl S. Buck International has three distinct functions that operate as one with the common mission of continuing the legacy of Pearl S. Buck. Learn More ? Adoption Services Learn more about our mission to serve children throughout the world by providing the opportunity to grow in a loving permanent family. Child Sponsorship Learn more about our mission to expand opportunities for children and families who would otherwise be denied health care and education. Cross-Cultural Education Learn more about our multi-cultural educational programs and visit the National Historic Landmark home of Pearl S. Buck. Please browse through our new items! Recent Media Attention: T Read More Go to Site

		Philip Roth ^Votes:0 Philip Roth Philip Roth was born in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, and was brought up there. He received a B.A from Bucknell University, and an M.A. in English from the University of Chicago. He then spent two more years at Chicago, teaching and pursuing further graduate studies. His first book, Goodbye, Columbus , was published in 1959 and received the National Book Award, the first of many literary prizes including another National Book Award (for Sabbath's Theater ), the National Book Critics Circle Award (for Patrimony and The Counterlife ), the PEN/Faulkner Award (for Operation Shylock ) and the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for American Pastoral . After many years of teaching comparative literature--mostly at the University of Pennsylvania--Roth retired from teaching as Distinguished Profes Read More Go to Site

		Philip Roth ^Votes:0 Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar . Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Philip (Milton) Roth (1933-) American novelist and short story writer. Philip Roth first achieved fame with GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (1959). It consisted of a novella and five short stories and described the life of a of Jewish middle-class family. Ten years later appeared PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT. In this "masturbation story" the narrator searches for freedom by using sex as his way of escape. The book gained a great international success. "Between first discovering the Newark Bears and the Brooklyn Dodgers at seven or eight and first looking into Conrad's Lord Jim at age eighteen, Read More Go to Site

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		The DeMolay Hall of Fame ^Votes:0 DeMolay Universe The DeMolay Hall of Fame Welcome to the DeMolay International Alumni Association Hall of Fame. The Alumni Association is committed to recognizing the achievements of our successful Senior DeMolays through the DeMolay Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame spotlights our bright past and will be the showcase for our shining future. It reminds all DeMolays of what can be accomplished with hard work. Enter the Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame is an interactive multimedia presentation which requires the Macromedia Flash Player 7 plug-in. If you have trouble viewing the presentation, please visit our Flash information page. For additonal technical assistance, please e-mail the web administrator Quick Links Back to: DeMolay Universe Features The DeMolay Hall of Fame More "Features": Two New Read More Go to Site

		The Pulitzer Prizes ^Votes:0 The Pulitzer Prizes historyarchive2003 Read More Go to Site

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