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Nikki Giovanni

Maxim Gorky

(1868 - 1936)

Sculpture bust of Greek historian Herodotus.

Herodotus

(c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC)

Luís Bernardo Honwana

J. Edgar Hoover

(1895 - 1972)

Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV

(1195 - 1254)

Ha Jin

Black and white photograph of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung seated with legs crossed.

C.G. Jung

(1875 - 1961)

Juvenal

(c. 60 - c. 130)

Artist rendering of Hindu statesman and philosopher Kautilya.

Kautilya

(c. 350 BC - c. 300 BC)

Henry Kissinger

Lewis Lapham at his desk

Lewis H. Lapham

(1935 - 2024)

John le Carré

(1931 - 2020)

Livy

(c. 59 BC - c. 17)

Naguib Mahfouz

(1911 - 2006)

Hilary Mantel

(1952 - 2022)

black and white photo of Groucho Marx wearing glasses and smoking a cigar from the side of his mouth

Groucho Marx

(1890 - 1977)

Black and white image of English philosopher and political theorist John Stuart Mill.

John Stuart Mill

(1806 - 1873)

French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte

(1769 - 1821)

Anaïs Nin

(1903 - 1977)

Former President of the United States Richard Nixon.

Richard Nixon

(1914 - 1994)

American television critic Emily Nussbaum.

Emily Nussbaum

Lawrence Osborne

Alicia Partnoy