American writer
Stateside literary professional
A phrase combining a nationality with a profession, describing an author from or associated with the United States.
The label often appears in biographical contexts: Toni Morrison was an American writer known for her novels about Black American life.
Sometimes used distinctively to position someone within a national literary tradition rather than just noting citizenship.
- transcendentalistBeliever in intuitive knowledge
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- literary fictionProse emphasizing craft and depth
- poet laureateOfficial state verse maker
- poetWriter of verse
realist · essayist · playwright · dramatist · humorist · literary critic · screenwriter · biographer · Beat Generation · modernist · Southern Gothic · columnist · memoirist · editor · Harlem Renaissance · Lost Generation · journalist · MFA
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