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Riley Morsman's avatar

This conversation has been so rich, and I find myself nearly changing my mind with every new argument. Ultimately, I think I land with their being no true American Homer. But if I had to pick, I might go with Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Paul Drexler's avatar

Winslow Homer, maybe?

Landon McMeekin's avatar

Thomas Wolfe. Maybe even Tom Wolfe.

Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

I’m not American, but as an outsider who has studied American Lit, I have to go with Whitman. He was (in literature) who first taught me and showed me the American spirit.

Vicki's avatar

Emily Dickinson