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American writer Philip Roth.

Philip Roth

(1933 - 2018)

Sufi mystic and poet Rumi.

Rumi

(c. 1207 - 1273)

British writer Vita Sackville-West.

Vita Sackville-West

(1892 - 1962)

French author the Marquis de Sade.

Marquis de Sade

(1740 - 1814)

Ihara Saikaku

(1642 - 1693)

Depiction of Greek lyric poet Sappho.

Sappho

(c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC)

Japanese diarist and poet Sei Shōnagon.

Sei Shonagon

(c. 966 - c. 1025)

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Jeff Sharlet

American producer, director and writer Darren Star.

Darren Star

American poet Wallace Stevens.

Wallace Stevens

(1879 - 1955)

American writer William Styron.

William Styron

(1925 - 2006)

Tertullian

(c. 160 - c. 220)

Frontispiece for 1612-13 King James Bible.

The Bible

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy

(1828 - 1910)

John Updike

(1932 - 2009)

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

(1836 - 1935)

photograph of David Foster Wallace speaking at a podium

David Foster Wallace

(1962 - 2008)

Black and white photograph of American author Edith Wharton.

Edith Wharton

(1862 - 1937)

American poet, journalist, and essayist Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman

(1819 - 1892)

Portrait of English wit and poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester with monkey.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

(1647 - 1680)

Color photograph of American novelist and short-story writer Richard Wright.

Richard Wright

(1908 - 1960)