I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved.
Diane Ackerman, Poet (1948) |
Sherman Alexie, Writer (1966) |
Henry Alford, Clergyman (1810) |
June Allyson, Actress (1917) |
Amiri Baraka, Poet (1934) |
Cotton Fitzsimmons, Coach (1931) |
Clive James, Writer (1939) |
Elizabeth Janeway, Author (1913) |
William Samuel Johnson, Politician (1727) |
Thomas Keneally, Novelist (1935) |
Wally George, Celebrity (2003) |
Natalia Ginzburg, (1991) |
Radclyffe Hall, Poet (1943) |
Johnny Kidd, Musician (1966) |