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Tennessee Williams was a Pulitzer Prize winning Screen writer from Columbus, Mississippi. He was famous for his dirt and gritty, true blue, American plays, which include, "A Street Car Named Desire," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and "Glass Menagerie." And he worked with such prominent actors as Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor.

Tennessee Williams

Jamaica Kincaid is an essayist and novelist from St. John's, Antigua. Her work confronts gender, class, and race issues, with undertones of her passion for gardening.

Jamaica Kincaid

Madeleine L'Engle was a popular writing of young adult fiction. She is best known for her award winning series, which begins with the novel, "A Wrinkle Time."

Madeleine L’Engle

James Baldwin was a writer and a social activist. First immersing himself in Greenwich Village culture, and then moving to Paris to explore the rich art scene and experience artistic freedoms not available in the U.S. His novels include, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Native Son."

James Baldwin

Norman Rockwell is a painter and illustrator best known for his vivid portraits of mid-century American life. He worked for many prominent magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, and he contributed a great deal to the war effort under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Norman Rockwell

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist working out of Beijing. He has fought to expose government corruption and uphold human rights despite censorship and imprisonment.

Ai Weiwei

Jack Kerouac was an American poet and writer and a founding member of the Beat Generation movement along side Allen Ginsburg and William S. Buroughs. His most notable work is "On The Road" a portrait of America.

Jack Kerouac

Donna Karan is the founder of the clothing label DKNY or Donna Karan New York. She has won the Coty American Fashion Critics' Award twice, was inducted into the Coty Hall of Fame and has won three CFDA awards as well as a CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Donna Karan

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. After heading the house of Louis Vuitton for almost two decades, he founded his own labels, Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs. He has won nine CFDA awards as well as a CFDA Lifetime Achievement award.

Marc Jacobs

Anna Sui is an American Fashion designer. Her labels include Anna Sui, Dolly Girl by Anna Sui, and Anna Sui Mini. She was honored with a CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, and Fortune magazine estimates her fashion empire to be worth over $400 million.

Anna Sui

Jason Wu is a Taiwanese-Canadian fashion designer. His first ready-to-wear line debuted out New York in 2006. He has designed for such notable clients as Ivana Trump, January Jones, Amber Valletta, and RuPaul. He has also worked extensively with First Lady Michelle Obama, designing both of her inauguration dresses.

Jason Wu

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founder of the record label Asthmatic Kitty. Notable albums include, "A Sun Came," "Illinois," and "Enjoy Your Rabbit."

Sufjan Stevens

Ani DiFranco is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of the record label, "Righteous Babe." Her music is classified as folk rock and alternative rock, incorporating influences from jazz, hip-hop, funk, blues, and punk. She is also a prominent feminist. She has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards and won one. She has also won three Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards, and a Woman of Courage Award from the National Organization of Women.

Ani DiFranco

Harry Belafonte is an American singer-songwriter and actor, fondly known as the "King of Calypso" for popularizing Caribbean music in America. He is also a passionate civil rights activist. He worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. He spoke out against Apartheid in South Africa, and worked as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has won two Grammys, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and received the Kennedy Center Honors.

Harry Belafonte

Bradley Cooper is an American actor and producer. He was been nominated for four Academy Awards, and won one Tony Award. He was also named People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2011. Some of his most notable films include, "American Sniper," "The Hangover Trilogy," and "American Hustle."

Bradley Cooper

Tony Curtis was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films during the course of his sixty year career. He was nominated for an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, of which he won two, and two BAFTA Awards. He was married to actress Janet Leigh for ten years and has two daughters from his first marriage, Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis. Some of his most notable films include "Spartacus," "The Defiant Ones," and "Some Like It Hot."

Tony Curtis

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