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Author Birthdays
Get ready: School is less than amonth away. To help you in your preparations: THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER. This tart tongued August birthday girl will make you ready for any unpleasant school corridor situation. Learn from the Goddess of grouchiness and you will never be at a loss for witty words, smart comebacks and nasty retorts.
August |
| 1 |
Herman Melville, 1819;
Jim Carroll, 1951 |
| 2 |
James Baldwin, 1924;
Isabel Allende, 1942;
Caleb Carr, 1955 |
| 3 |
P. D. James, 1920 |
| 4 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 |
| 7 |
Garrison Keillor, 1942 |
| 8 |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1896 |
| 11 |
Andre Dubus, 1936 |
| 16 |
Charles Bukowski, 1920 |
| 17 |
V. S. Naipaul, 1932 |
| 19 |
Ogden Nash, 1902;
Frank McCourt, 1930 |
| 20 |
H. P. Lovecraft, 1890;
Jacqueline Susann, 1921 |
| 22 |
Dorothy Parker, 1893;
Ray Bradbury, 1920;
E. Annie Proulx, 1935 |
| 24 |
Jorge Luis Borges, 1899;
A. S.Byatt, 1936;
Oscar Hijuelos, 1951 |
| 30 |
Mary Shelly, 1797;
R. Crumb, 1943 |
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