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Black and white photograph of critic and novelist Mary McCarthy.

Mary McCarthy

(1912 - 1989)

Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet Michelangelo.

Michelangelo

(1475 - 1564)

Black and white engraving of Roman poet Ovid in profile.

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato

(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)

Stone mason LeRoy Pollock.

LeRoy Pollock

(1876 - 1933)

Procopius

(c. 490 - c. 562)

American writer Philip Roth.

Philip Roth

(1933 - 2018)

American poet and historian Carl Sandburg.

Carl Sandburg

(1878 - 1967)

Ed Sanders

American writer and sex-advice columnist Dan Savage.

Dan Savage

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Shamshi-Adad I

(c. 1813 BC - c. 1781 BC)

Shen Fu

(1763 - c. 1825)

Professor and editor Justin E. H. Smith.

Justin E.H. Smith

Engraving of Scottish economist Adam Smith.

Adam Smith

(1723 - 1790)

Black and white photograph of American novelist John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck

(1902 - 1968)

American writer William Styron.

William Styron

(1925 - 2006)

Suetonius

(69 - c. 130)

Japanese author Tanizaki Juni’chirō.

Junichiro Tanizaki

(1886 - 1965)

Chinese poet Tao Qian.

Tao Qian

(365 - 427)

Russian writer Teffi.

Teffi

(1872 - 1952)

Roman playwright Terence.

Terence

(c. 195 BC - c. 159 BC)

Saint Teresa of Ávila.

Saint Teresa of Ávila

(1515 - 1582)

Portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville wearing a black suit and standing in front of a chair.

Alexis de Tocqueville

(1805 - 1859)