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This week's featured author pages

John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896 - 1970) -- American post-War writer

Sophocles (496 - 406) -- most successful Greek tragedian, producing what were considered perfect tragedies as well as reforming the performance of Greek tragedy.

Henry W. Longfellow (1807 - 1882) -- nineteenth century American poet

Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) -- a renowned economist, Smith was originally a professor of logic and then of moral philosophy

Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983) -- contemporary American dramatist