20th-century american poets

Edmund Wilson

American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes

American writer

American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist

American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic

American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and modernism

American physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher

American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector

American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer

American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor