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Poet portraits

Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Sean O'Connor, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
George Charles Beresford (1911)
Public domainCommons
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
No restrictionsCommons
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Vassar College yearbook (1934)
Public domainCommons
Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith
Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Derek Mahon
Derek Mahon
Goga312, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
John Donne
John Donne
Isaac Oliver (c. 1616)
Public domainCommons
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934)
Public domainCommons
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
Robert Giard, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Only authenticated photograph of Emily Dickinson (c. 1846-7)
Public domainCommons
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (c. 1880s)
Public domainCommons
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Public domainCommons
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
ACME Telephoto, 1950
Public domainCommons
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Walnut Whippet, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Sinéad Morrissey
Sinéad Morrissey
Durham Book Festival, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon
Tepoztlán Literary Festival 2018, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (c. 1925)
Public domainCommons
Tim Seibles
Tim Seibles
AWP Conference 2026, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
John Taylor, the Chandos portrait (c. 1610)
Public domainCommons
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Alfred Clint (1819)
Public domainCommons
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
U.S. Government photo, Clinton inauguration (1993)
Public domainCommons
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, mid-19th century
Public domainCommons
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1795)
Public domainCommons
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Layle Silbert (1977)
Public domainCommons
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska (2009), via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
Man Ray (1922)
Public domainCommons
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (2018), via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Literary motif: antique books
Literary motif: antique books
Photo Liam Quin
Public domainCommons
Literary motif: collection of old books
Literary motif: collection of old books
Photo Clem Onojeghuo (Unsplash)
CC0Commons
Literary motif: open library shelves
Literary motif: open library shelves
Photo Frederick Noronha
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Literary motif: 12th-century parchment manuscript
Literary motif: 12th-century parchment manuscript
Photo George E. Koronaios
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Literary motif: oak reading-room stacks
Literary motif: oak reading-room stacks
Library of Congress
Public domainCommons
Literary motif: battered Underwood typewriter
Literary motif: battered Underwood typewriter
Photo jjmusgrove
CC BY 2.0Commons

Text covers, posters, and illustrations

Macbeth
Macbeth
First Folio (1623), opening of Macbeth
Public domainCommons
Hamlet
Hamlet
Edwin Booth as Hamlet (1870)
Public domainCommons
Othello
Othello
Théodore Chassériau, Othello and Desdemona in Venice (1849)
Public domainCommons
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
First edition cover, Anne Brontë (1848)
Public domainCommons
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker, Dracula first-edition cover (1897)
Public domainCommons
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, original 1925 cover by Francis Cugat
Public domainCommons
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Theatre poster, Lorraine Hansberry (1959)
Public domainCommons
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
First edition title page, Emily Brontë (1847)
Public domainCommons
1984
1984
George Orwell, first-edition cover (1949)
Public domainCommons
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
First edition cover, Henrik Ibsen (1879)
Public domainCommons
The Third Man
The Third Man
American theatrical poster, dir. Carol Reed (1949)
Public domain (US, 1949)Commons
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
George Eliot, Silas Marner first edition (Blackwood, 1861)
Public domainCommons
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge first edition (1886)
Public domainCommons
Mustang
Mustang
Mustang (2015) cinema display, photo Can Kamiloğlu
Public domainCommons
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona, Argentina vs Italy, World Cup 1986
Public domainCommons
Children of Men
Children of Men
Children of Men promotional baby prop, photo FR (Commons)
CC-BY-SA 3.0Commons
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
Ohio State Reformatory (Shawshank filming location), photo Niagara66
CC-BY-SA 4.0Commons
Hamnet
Hamnet
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery (Stratford-upon-Avon), photo Ken Crosby
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Room
Room
Attic window, photo Chris Light
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Crucible
The Crucible
Jonathan Corwin House (the Salem Witch House), photo SalemPuritan
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Spinning Heart
The Spinning Heart
Ghost estate, Bridgetown, Co. Wexford, photo Terence Wiki
CC0Commons
The Cove
The Cove
Cove near Dooneen, west Cork, photo Oliver Dixon
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Railroad tracks toward a tunnel, photo thinkcat
CC BY 2.0Commons
Sive
Sive
Restored thatched cottage, Brinlack, Co. Donegal, photo Joseph Mischyshyn
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Girl on an Altar
Girl on an Altar
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, photo Jebulon
CC0Commons
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
Purple hibiscus flower, photo Chic Portfolios
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Silence of the Girls
The Silence of the Girls
Walls of Troy archaeological site, photo Jorge Láscar
CC BY 2.0Commons
Young Skins
Young Skins
Tuam High Street, Co. Galway, photo Andreas F. Borchert
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
Vietnamese fishing boat at Lang Co, photo Vyacheslav Argenberg
CC BY 4.0Commons
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry
Vintage laboratory glassware, photo Łukasz Katlewa
CC BY 4.0Commons
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Kite at sunset, Kabul, photo Todd Huffman
CC BY 2.0Commons
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These
Narrow street in New Ross, Co. Wexford, photo Humphrey Bolton
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Notes from a Coma
Notes from a Coma
Empty hospital ward, Northwick Park, photo Kolforn
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Salt marsh, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Public domainCommons
Elena Knows
Elena Knows
Parish church, Wilde (Buenos Aires province), photo Andreacmuller
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Terraced housing on Manchester Road, Accrington, photo JThomas
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Once Before I Go
Once Before I Go
River Liffey in Dublin city centre, photo John Quincey
Public domainCommons
All My Sons
All My Sons
American picket-fence house, Redlands CA, photo inkknife_2000
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Colder Than Here
Colder Than Here
Snow on Arlington National Cemetery, US Army
Public domainCommons
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary (a Wes Anderson reference point), photo DIMSFIKAS
CC BY-SA 3.0Commons
Barbie
Barbie
Pink building, Avenida de Roma, Lisbon, photo Jules Verne Times Two
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Knives Out
Knives Out
Brown Mansion, Chesterton, Indiana, photo Steve Shook
CC BY 2.0Commons
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin
Stone walls on Inishmore, Aran Islands, photo JoachimKohler-HB
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
I'm Not Scared
I'm Not Scared
Sunset on a wheat field, Tuscany, photo Francesco Carrani
CC BY 2.0Commons
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
Autumn in the Ozarks, NASA Earth Observatory
Public domainCommons