His business thrived for a few years before joining a group of investors. Tom Clancy and his first wife Wanda married in 1969, they separated in 1995, and permanently separated in December 1996. He had filed for divorce in November 1997, which became final in January 1999.
Robert Cormier began writing when he was in first grade. He first goal was to become a writer when he was in seventh grade. When he began writing he said, “I can’t remember a time when I was trying to get something down on paper.” A nun at Robert’s school encouraged him to write a poem. He attended Leominster High School, graduating as president of his class. As a freshman at Fitchburg State College, he had his first story published when a college
In 1991, her book Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? was published, and spent 29 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Also in 1991, rival newspaper Dallas Morning News bought the Times Herald and closed it down. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram immediately made Ivins an offer and said she could stay in Austin. Ivins accepted, and wrote a column for the Fort Worth paper from 1982 until 2001, when she became an independent journalist.
In 1967 Geisel’s wife, Helen Palmer, dies after forty years together. By this point in Geisel’s life, he has written many books, served in World War I,and changed his penname to Dr. Seuss (Timeline). One year later, he married Audrey Stone Dimond, a life long friend of his and his former wife’s (Timeline). After they married, Audrey and Theodor Geisel traveled to many places all around the world (Schulman p. 6). March 2, 1981 is declared Dr. Seuss Day in honor to Theodor Geisel and all his published works.
Tyrek Maycock February 6, 2012 Music Class Ms.Casalta Malcolm X He was born as “Malcolm little” in Nebraska. His father Earl, an outspoken Baptist minister and supporter of Marcus Garvey, the president of the UNIA-ACL and leader of the African Redemption Movement, was murdered in Lansing, Michigan in 1931. Malcolm later dropped out of high school, and moved to Boston; where he worked as a shoe shiner at a Lindy Hop nightclub; in his autobiography, he says that he once shined the shoes of Duke Ellington (and other notable musicians); after some time, he moved to Harlem, New York, where he became involved in drug dealing, gambling, prostitution, racketeering, and robbery; he also faked insanity, in order to avoid the World War II draft; Little was arrested for burglary, in 1946, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment (he was paroled after seven). Nation of Islam: While incarcerated, he was introduced to the religion of Islam and became a member of the Nation of Islam. By the time he was released in 1952, Malcolm was a devoted follower.
The Poet Behind the Poems David Chapman Berry was born July 23, 1942, in Vicksburg, but he mostly grew up in Greenville, Mississippi (Gale). His parents were David Berry and Annette Hays, who also had a daughter named Bettty Berry (Jacobs). Berry started writing poetry in ninth grade because of boredom in church (“D.C.B. Biography”). As a young man, Berry found a love for chorus and drama and continued performing until he graduated from Greenville High School in 1960 (Few).
Harris’s work has appeared in American Visions, Essence, the Washington Post Sunday Magazine, Savoy, The Advocate, and the award winning anthology Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America, Go The Way Your Blood Beats. A short novel “Money Can’t Buy Me Love” was published in Got To Be Real : Four Original Love Stories (December 2000). In 2002, his short fiction appeared in Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writers (Harlem Moon), a collection he co-edited with Marita
William Raspberry, a nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, was born in Okolona, Mississippi, in 1935. He attended Indiana Central College, earning a degree in history in 1958, and was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters there in 1973. Raspberry has worked for the Washington Post since 1962, first as a reporter-editor, then as urban-affairs columnist. He has taught journalism at Howard University, has lectured on race relations and public education, and has been a television commentator in Washington, D C. GOOD ADVICE FOR THE COLLEGE-BOUND High school counselors need to get their hands on a little pamphlet just published by the University of Virginia. Its 22 pages contain more useful advice, guidance and perspective
[pic] James Baldwin (1924-1987) - born in New York, foster son of a clergyman and factory worker; the step-father, an evangelical preacher, struggled to support a large family and demanded the most rigorous religious behavior from his nine children; - Baldwin was an excellent student who sought escape from his environment through literature, movies and theatre; during the summer of his 14th birthday he underwent a dramatic religious conversion, partly in response to his nascent sexuality and partly as a further buffer against the ever-present temptations of drugs and crime; - youth minister at Fireside Pentecostal Assembly NYC 1938-1942 (storefront fundamental religion); gradually lost his desire to preach as he began to question
He studied cuisine in Europe for more than 30 years, before returning to the United States in 1994. Homeless, McClain sold Real Change newspapers and became one of the organizations top sellers. Known for his long hours in front of the Safeway door, McClain would greet potential customers with the question, “Real Change, sir?” When customers walked passed, he often told them to “Have a nice day.” Founded in 1994, Real Change was conceived as "Puget Sounds's newspaper of the poor and homeless." About four years ago, Real Change dropped the "poor and homeless" tagline. In addition, they added two journalists to the staff, rather than relying so much on volunteers.