Literary Facts - August 2
1862: Duncan Campbell Scott is born
1924: James Baldwin is born. (Explore: Notes of a Native Son, Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin)
1942: Isabel Allende is born. (Explore: House of the Spirits, And of Clay Are We Created, Isabel Allende)
1955: Wallace Stevens dies. (Explore: The Idea of Order at Key West, Sunday Morning, Wallace Stevens)
1963: Oliver La Farge dies. (Explore: Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge)
1988: Raymond Carver dies. (Explore: Raymond Carver)
1990: Norman MacLean dies. (Explore: A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire)
1997: William S. Burroughs dies. (Explore: Naked Lunch, Nova Express, William S. Burroughs)
