Literature and poetry (3 images)

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the latter of which he wrote in collaboration with Malcolm X. This photo dates from March 1, 1986. (UPI Photo/Files)

Gwendolyn Brooks, poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. Photographed in Washington on January 23, 1986. (UPI Photo/Bruce Reedy/Files)

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the latter of which he wrote in collaboration with Malcolm X. This photo dates from March 1, 1986. (UPI Photo/Files)