Reynolds Price
American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University
20th-century american essayists
Ishmael Reed
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture
George Packer
US journalist, novelist, and playwright
Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist
Flannery O’Connor
American novelist, short story writer and essayist
H. L. Mencken
American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English
Thomas Merton
American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion
Norman Mailer
American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor
Phillip Lopate
American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction