American Writers Museum

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As one of the most unique Chicago museums downtown, our mission is to celebrate the enduring influence of American writers on our history, identity, culture, and daily lives.

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AMERICAN VOICES

Nathaniel HawthorneJack KerouacFrancis ParkmanKate ChopinIda B. WellsMargaret Wise BrownBenjamin FranklinRalph Waldo EmersonHarriet JacobsMaría Ruiz de BurtonEdith WhartonLaura Ingalls WilderJames Weldon JohnsonChester HimesOscar HijuelosWilliam BartramSusanna RowsonWalt WhitmanHenry JamesTheodore DreiserAmérico ParedesJames WelchAnne BradstreetPhillis WheatleyEdgar Allen Poe

Dark Testament

FREDERICK DOUGLASSJAMES BALDWINMALCOLM XZORA NEALE HURSTONRALPHELLISONNELLA LARSENETHEL PAYNEMAYA ANGELOUMA RAINEYFRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPERLANGSTON HUGHESIDA B. WELLSPAUL LAURENCE DUNBARPAULI MURRAYW.E.B. DU BOISRICHARD WRIGHT