The Library of America's inspiring story
Robert Frost’s poems, Eudora Welty’s stories and Frederick Douglass’ speeches and autobiography are among the writings preserved by the Library of America. (Library of Congress/Walter Albertin, © Ulf Anderson/Getty Images, National Park Service)
Authors of great American literature come from all walks of life. Novelist and short story writer Eudora Welty started as a journalist. Robert Frost farmed poultry and taught school before penning poems of rural life.