Wikimedia Commons (Photo by White House Photographers)

Eric Draper

Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990) National Press Club luncheon, June 14, 1968. Photograph by Warren K. Leffler (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

Catriona Sparks

http://mumia.de/

Photo © Stephen Long

Okey Adichie

Alvin Ailey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, Mar. 22, 1955 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-92018)

Taken at Barnes and Noble on 11-16-06 at book signing by Oklahomabook lady

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Photographed by DeVito Studios

Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)

LaVere Anderson

Library of Congress

National Park Service

World Telegram & Sun photo, 1953 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-127236)

Wikimedia Commons (Dept. of Justice Photo)

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

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Harry Benson

Naval War College Public Affairs Office photo by Jon Hockersmith

Romare Bearden (1911-1988), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, April 15, 1944 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-42507)

By Marci Malinowycz, © 1999.

www.dentontaylor.com Brooklyn Lit Festival 2008

John H. White. Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

Copyright Eye On Books.

This image of James Berry, hangman and executioner, is scanned from the author's work MY EXPERIENCES AS AN EXECUTIONER (1892).

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

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Photo by Cornelius M. Battey, 1918 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-16767)

Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, Aug. 15, 1939 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-6356)

Jerry Bauer

Via Wikipedia

Sen. William Warren ("Bill") Bradley Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Steven Forster

Photo by Ellen Wright, 2006

flickr user eschipul
(cropped by uploader)

Photo by David Shankbone, 2007 (Wikimedia Commons)

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George Grantham Bain Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division
(LC-USZ62-53120)

James Brown (Singer) ~ Photo by Flickr User David Washington, DC

From an 1854 publication
Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery
(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Library of Congress

Kyle Cassidy, Oct 2004 (Wikimedia Commons)

Copyright Eye On Books.

Credit: Mark Burleigh

Photo by Larry D. Moore at the Texas Book Festival

White House photo by Shealah Craighead (cropped)

Nikolas Coukouma

Barbara DuMetz

Eye on Books

Author Andrew Carroll (right) chats with Navy Petty Officer 2nd class David Garner. Photo by Rudi Williams (defenselink.mil)

Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press

Photograph by Rick Diamond/Wireimage

Elena Seibert

James J. Kriegsmann, Library of Congress

Courtesy of www.maverickhouse.com

Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press

Author photograph by AFP/Corbis

U.S. House of Representatives Historical Office

Eye on Books

Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, October 18, 1968. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

Official portrait of Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, Jan. 2009

Mark Winograd

Photo by Alan Light, 1992 (Cropped/Flickr)

Center for American Progress

Photo Courtesy of National Book Club Conference founder Curtis Bunn

U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Scott King (cropped for Wikimedia Commons)

Brigham Young University

Michael Cunningham, writer
Credit: David Shankbone, 2007

Photo by Carl Van Vechten, Apr. 20, 1954 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, reproduction number, LC-USZ62-116610)

Copyright Eye On Books.

Joshua Sherurcij

Professor Bop, 2007

http://www.dentontaylor.com

Columbia University (Mr. Dash is at left)

Ned Vizzini

Portrait by Robert Shetterly, AmericansWhoTellTheTruth.org

Photo credit: Alan Light, 1989

Library of Congress

Daniel Odier

Jim Oleson

Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin

Reader's Digest Headquarters, Pleasantville, New York. Image by user Atilin / Wikimedia Commons.

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay

Image © ÖNB/Wien

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Cornbread Gospels

Heather Johnson

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr)

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Eye on Books

Columbia University

Portrait by Robert Shetterly, AmericansWhoTellTheTruth.org

From Wikipedia

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From the Marxists Internet Archive.

World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin, 1963 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-119481)

Jenny Black

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

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Robert Scoble

Wikipédia France

Credit: David Shankbone, 2006, New York City

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin wipes a tear after being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, during ceremonies at the White House. Looking on are fellow recipients Robert Conquest, left, and Alan Greenspan.

Public domain (Wikipedia)

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www.vjbooks.com

Ian Edelstein / Seattle Municipal Archives

Cropped from a photo by Kees de Vos (Copenhagen, 2004)

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Photographed circa 1898 in costume by F. Holland Day
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-48305)

Thomas V. Nash

Credit: David Shankbone, Nov. 13, 2008, demonstration in New York City

BloggingHeads.tv

Credit: Larry D. Moore, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX, Nov. 1, 2008

Russell Busby

Columbia University

Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2008. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published(see © info.)

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.

Bill Wylie

From Wikipedia

World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller, 1964 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-121425)

Courtesy of Nikki Grimes

Columbia University

Roger Ericson

Courtesy of www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html

Photo by Robin Schindler

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin

Paul Spürk, May 19th 1977

Courtesy of Warren Hanson

DENISE WINTERS

James Brabazon

Credit: Phil Konstantin, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 25, 2006

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231]

guyman22, May 1989

World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo, 1956 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-121483)

courtesy of Eric Hobsbawm and Lordbuckley.com

Library of Congress, Carl van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-116612 DLC

Harold Holzer, Lincoln scholar and Co-Chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 2009 Commission

Courtesy of Hahchette Book Group

A pic I took at a talk at UNC-Charlotte

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Photography by Jack Delano, april 1942. (Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress)

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-79898 DLC

Photograph by John Fitzpatrick

Center for American Progress

Library of Congress

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.

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Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay

Photograph by Mary Randlett

Photo taken circa 1920s
Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery
(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Photograph by Darlene Martin

Library of Congress

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World Economic Forum, January 05, 2007

Catriona Sparks

Carter White House Photographs Collection (NARA) - Wikipedia

Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press

Joshua Massel

Photo by Franz Richter

photo by Brian Velenchenko

Pete Souza

www.mathieu-bourgois.com

Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press

Sigrid Estrada

Embassy of the U.S./Israel (Distinguished American Speaker Series)

Marion S. Trinkoso (1964)

Photo by user Penguino / Flickr, edited by Wikimedia uploader.

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Gladys Knight and the Pips perform aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (Wikimedia Commons)

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Photo by Carl Van Vechten, July 31, 1941 (Library of Congress, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-95743)

photo by Gregg Chadwick

Courtesy of Columbia University.

http://www.craiglesley.com/media.php

Courtesy of Julius Lester

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Columbia University

John R. Lewis (b1940) ~ U.S. House of Representatives History Office

Linda in her San Miguel de Allende garden

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From "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States" (1993), cropped

"Rotational"

Photo by David Shankbone, September 2007

feinsteinphotos, 2004-01-01

© Daniele Schaub

Ritwik Dey, August 29, 2007

Photo by Judy Lawne

White House Photo (whitehouse.gov)

Flickr user Manzari.

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McGraw-Hill Building, New York, May 2007, photo by Lampbane

Photo © 2005 Marion Ettlinger

Prof. James M. McPherson (photo courtesy of Princeton University)

Columbia University

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Paul F. Burns, V

Blair Feathers

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas

Wikimedia Commons

Photo © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Tauheed ashraf

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin

Claudio Vazquez

David Shankbone, August 2007

Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press

Photo. by Dennis Hearne, courtesy MacAdam/Cage

Dr. Stephen B Oates speaking at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. (An NPS photo)

Joyce N. Boghosian, White House photographer February 18, 2009

The Supreme Court Historical Society

Stanley Cloud

Photo by Larry D. Moore, 2006 (Wikimedia Commons)

Marion Ettinger

Portrait by Robert Shetterly, americansWhoTellTheTruth.org

Columbia University

Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-44776

Eye on Books

Photo by David Shankbone, April 25,2008

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Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library

Per Petterson, Norwegian author. Photo by Wikipedia user GAD.

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin

Joe Posnanski (seated). Dave Hogg, July 20, 2007

Credit: Charles Haynes, March 15, 2005

Courtesy of BookThink

Jamie Pullman

Brigitte Carnochan

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-114904

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.

Used with permission from author, Marcus Rediker.

Credit: Terry Ballard, 2007

Flickr user Dev Librarian

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Rachel Robinson accepts the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of her husband Jackie Robinson during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, March 2, 2005. Pictured, from left, are Nancy Pelosi, President Bush, Rachel Robinson and Dennis Hastert.

Norman Rockwell at Glen Canyon Dam (cropped)
Source: US Bureau of Reclamation Fine Art Collection

Photo Courtesy of Gina Marysol Ruiz

By Lindsay Beyerstein.

Library of Congress

Eye on Books

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Credit: White House photo by Shealah Craighead, Dec. 15, 2006, receiving the 2006 President Medal of Freedom

Scott Wagers

From Wikipedia.com

John Burlinson

Photo by Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer

1982, oil on canvas by Everett Raymond Kinstler (Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College) Image should not be reproduced or distributed without permission of the Hood Museum of Art

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Photo by Frank Stewart

Greg Martin

Credit: Leslie Rae, 2006

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr)

Marcel flaubert

by SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF: National Football League Hall of Fame star Mike Singletary addresses the audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during the Secretary of Defense Holiday Show 2000, on December 17th, 2000. (defenseimagery.mil)

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.

Graham Clark, photographer

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divison, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-109699

Robert Scoble

S.P. Somtow

denton@speakeasy.net

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c. 1885

Columbia University

© Vertical, Inc.

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Andre Leon Talley (center)
Credit: David Shankbone, 2007

Erica Berger

Author and ESSENCE Magazine Editorial Director Susan L. Taylor, second from right next to author-poet Aberjhani at a book signing in Savannah, Georgia. At far left is Kephra Burns, Taylor's husband and co-author on CONFIRMATION, standing next to Velma Was

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ61-1863) (cropped)

from Lifeinlegacy.com

mikethaler.com

Wikimedia Commons/Official U.S. Government Photo

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library ~ Flickr ~ (Photo by Larry O. Gay)

Time & Life Sculpture, Manhattan, New York. Photo by Jeremy Keith / Flickr

Robert Scoble

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

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Photo By Benny Gool, www.en.wikipedia.com

Credit: Rita Molnár, Cannes Film Festival, 2000

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.

Composite image. Unshrunk version

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Gore Vidal, posing in Casa delle Letterature, Rome. Photo by Rino Bianchi (courtesy of Rino Bianchi)

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Frank Arnold

Frontispiece, 1855
Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery
(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

1911 photograph (cropped)
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Photo by S. Jaud, 2000 (Wikimedia Commons)

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U.S. House of Representatives History Office

Credit: David Shankbone, Sept. 2007, Brooklyn Book Festival

Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant

Credit: David Shankbone, Sept. 2007

Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Photograph by Gordon Parks, May 1943
(Farm Security Administration-
Office of War Information Photograph Collection,
Library of Congress)

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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