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Her mother is the literary agent Lynn Nesbit, her father the Yale Drama School professor, author, and critic Richard Gilman. She attended The Brearley School from first through twelfth grade, and earned a B.A. summa cum laude and with exceptional distinction from Yale University, where she majored in English, in 1993. She also did her master's ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950), popularly known by his childhood nickname "Skip", [1] [2] is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
In 1949, Gilman married painter Esther Morgenstern. [2] In 1966, Gilman married Lynn Nesbit, a literary agent, [2] (who would go on to co-found the literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates with Morton L. Janklow), In 1992, Gilman married Japanese scholar, Yasuko Shiojiri, who would translate his books into Japanese. [2]
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama .
Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Wilson.First published in 1859, [1] it was rediscovered in 1981 by Henry Louis Gates Jr. [2] and was subsequently reissued with an introduction by Gates (London: Allison & Busby, 1984). [3]
Elizabeth Nesbitt (April 15, 1897 – August 17, 1977), also known as Betty Nesbitt was an American children's librarian and a library science educator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was known “internationally as an authority on children's literature”, [ 3 ] and made “(s)trong contributions” to children's librarianship.
Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), American artists' model and chorus girl, and a central figure in a notorious murder trial; Jamar Nesbit (born 1976), American football player; Pinna Nesbit (1896–1950), Canadian silent film actress; William Nesbit (thief) (1899–1983), American jewel thief; Nesbit Willoughby (1777–1849), British naval officer
Faces of America is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.. [1] The series originally aired February 10 to March 3, 2010 from 8–9 p.m. ET. [2] In Australia, this program aired on SBS One each Sunday at 7:30pm from 9 -30 January 2011. [3]