Edward Bellamy (1850-1898)was admitted to the bar in 1871, but that
same year he abandoned his practice to become associate editor of
the Springfield Union (Massachusetts). Later, he worked as an
editorial writer for the New York Evening Post. Bellamy's heart was
no more in newspaper work than it had been in the law. His main
interest lay in the field of literature. He wrote several short
stories and three novels, including Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
(1880), before he married Emma Sanderson in 1882. Forced by ill
health to give up his editorial career, Bellamy devoted himself to
writing. His novel Miss Ludington's Sister was published in 1884.
The young author's intense awareness of injustices in the economic
and social systems, as well as his desire for reforms, impelled him
to write Looking Backward in 1888. "Bellamy Clubs" sprang up across
the nation and the novelist embarked on a series of lecture tours
and speaking engagements. In 1891, he founded the New Nation, a
Boston newspaper, as an organ for his views, but increasing illness
forced him to suspend publication. He continued, however, to work
on the sequel to Looking Backward. It was published under the title
Equality in 1897.
Walter James Miller-poet, playwright, critic, translator-has
authored, co-authored, or edited 64 books, scores of scholarly
articles, and hundreds of television and radio programs. Professor
of English at New York University, he has won a writing fellowship
from the New York Foundation for the Arts/ Ruttenberg
Foundation.
Eliot Fintushel writes novels and short stories in and around the
genre of science fiction and is a contributing editor to Tricycle
magazine.Away from the word processor, he is also a busker and a
traveling showman, a two-time winner of the National Endowment's
Fellowship for Solo Performance Artists.
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