<p>Vis-a-vis the Swarthmore English department, in addition to innumerable graduates who now populate the faculties of English departments around the country, Swarthmore has produced an impressive number of “applied English” types, including novelists (e.g. Jonathen Franzen, James Michener), poets (e.g. Laurence Ferlinghetti) and journalists (Ben Brantley, theater critic at the New York Times; Christopher Lehmann Haupt, former book reviewer for the New York Times; Peter Bart, editor of Variety, etc.).</p>