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Course Title: Six Great 20th-Century American Writers: Poets Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and Langston Hughes and Short-Story Writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and J.D. Salinger
Instructor: Lynne Agress, PhD
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August 25, 2025 - September 30, 2025 (6 Sessions)
Monday, 6:30PM ET - 8:30PM ET
Virtual via Zoom
Course Description: These six famous writers are not only extremely popular today, but they also have influenced the writers who have followed them. Together we will analyze their work and discuss what makes them timeless.
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