Landmarks by Author
Ludwig Bemelman
- Pete's Tavern, haunt of O. Henry and Ludwig Bemelmans, New York, NY, 1999
John Berryman
- McAlester, Oklahoma
The birthplace on October 25, 1914 of John Berryman, poet and biographer, honored with the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Bollingen Prize. McAlester, Oklahoma. Dedicated October 21, 2005. Partners: Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma, FOLIO, 2005
Elizabeth Bishop
- Elizabeth Bishop house, Key West, FL, 1993
Richard Bland
- Bland Cemetery Jordan's Point, Prince George County, Virginia
The burial site of revolutionary patriot and pamphleteer Richard Bland (1710-1776) who, as political pamphleteer, constitutional historian, scholar, attorney, and public servant championed public rights and represented Virginia in the First and Second Continental Congresses and in all five of Virginia's Revolutionary Conventions. Prince George County, Virginia. Dedicated October 23, 2005. Partners: Friends of Richard Bland College Library at Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary, 2005
Ann Bontemps
- Hall Branch of the Chicago Public Library (associated with Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Anna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Zora Neale Hurston), Chicago, IL, 2000
Louis Bromfield
- Oak Hill Cottage, Shane's Castle in The Green Bay Tree, Mansfield, OH, 2000
Gwendolyn Brooks
- Hall Branch of the Chicago Public Library (associated with Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Anna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Zora Neale Hurston), Chicago, IL, 2000
Margaret Wise Brown
- Bank Street College, New York, NY, 2001
Sterling Brown
- Founders Library, Howard University, Washington, DC, 1997
Pearl S. Buck
- Pearl S. Buck Birthplace
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) was the only American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize (1932 for her book The Good Earth) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1938). This world-renowned author has written over 100 books and hundreds of short stories and magazine articles. Her books have been translated into 69 foreign languages. Hillsboro, West Virginia. Dedicated June 25, 2005


