The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer.
Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.
| Dave Anderson, Writer (1929) |
| Sydney Carter, Poet (1915) |
| Emanuel Celler, Politician (1888) |
| Jeffery Deaver, Writer (1950) |
| Martin Delany, Soldier (1812) |
| Randall Jarrell, Poet (1914) |
| William Jay, Clergyman (1769) |
| L. Frank Baum, Author (1919) |
| William Allen Egan, Politician (1984) |
| B. C. Forbes, Journalist (1954) |
| Bret Harte, Author (1902) |

