winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his volume Poems James T. Farrell – novelist; author of the Studs Lonigan trilogy, named on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels F. Scott Fitzgerald – novelist and short story writer; The Great Gatsby was named on both the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels and the TIME 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005 Robert Fitzgerald – poet, critic, and translator; Poet Laureate of the United States 1984–1985 Thomas Flanagan – novelist and academic; winner of the 1979 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Year of the French Vince Flynn – political thriller novelist; author of bestselling Mitch Rapp series Alice Fulton – poet and short story writer; awarded the 2002 Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for Felt Tess Gallagher – poet, short story writer, essayist, and playwright Lucy Grealy – poet, memoirist, and essayist; author of Autobiography of a Face Pete Hamill – journalist, columnist, novelist, and short story writer George V. Higgins – novelist, columnist, and academic; known for bestselling crime novels including The Friends of Eddie Coyle Fanny Howe – poet, novelist, and short-story writer; awarded the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Selected Poems Marie Howe – poet; winner of the 1987 Open Competition of the National Poetry Series for The Good Thief Susan Howe – poet and literary critic; American Book Awards in 1981 for The Liberties and 1986 for My Emily Dickinson Brigit Pegeen Kelly – poet; finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Orchard Robert Kelly – poet associated with the deep image group; awarded a 1980 American Book Award for In Time William Kennedy – novelist and author; winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Ironweed, and 1984 American Book Award for O Albany! X. J. Kennedy – poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and children's author Richard Kenney – poet and academic Jean Kerr – author and Tony Award-winning playwright Galway Kinnell – poet; awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and 1983 National Book Award for Poetry for Selected Poems R. A. Lafferty – Hugo and Nebula-nominated science fiction author Michael Lally – poet and author; awarded a 2000 American Book Award for It's Not Nostalgia: Poetry and Prose James Laughlin – poet and publisher; winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award