JAMES AGEE (1909-1955), a poet, screenwriter, and journalist, won
the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family. His other
books include a volume of poems, Permit me Voyage, the novel The
Morning Watch, and several collections of correspondence, reviews
and film scripts.
WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) is best known for his striking
Depression-era photographs. He served as an editor for both Fortune
and Time and was a professor of graphic arts at Yale.
Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1950.His
non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father?
(1993), As If (1997), Too True (1998), Things My Mother Never Told
Me (2002). His first novel, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
was published in 2000. Blake Morrison lives in London.
Houghton's edition of Agee and Evans's classic combo of text and pictures of impoverished Southern sharecroppers was enlarged with 64 new archival photos. This eye-opening 1939 portrait of America's peasantry remains powerful. (Classic Returns, LJ 4/1/00) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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