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BAKER, Nicholson—author, The Mezzanine, U&I, Vox, The Everlasting Story of Nory, et al.
BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham)—author, Empire of the Sun, Crash, The Drowned World, Super-Cannes, "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race," et al.
BANGS, John Kendrick—humorist/novelist, The Dreamers, et al.
BEATLES, The—musical group, Revolver, Rubber Soul, et al. See also HARRISON, George.
BERVIN, Jen—poet, Nets. See also PHILLIPS, Tom
BLOCK, Lawrence—crime novelist, A Drop of the Hard Stuff, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, et al.

BÖK, Christian—poet, Eunoia, Crystallography
BONG, Joon-ho, filmmaker, Barking Dogs Never Bite, Memories of Murder
BORGES, Jorge Luis—author, Ficciones, Labyrinths, A Universal History of Infamy, A Dictionary of Imaginary Beings, The Aleph, et al.
BOYD, William—novelist, Any Human Heart, Fascination, et al.; see also POWELL, Anthony
BROSNAN, Meredith—novelist, Mr. Dynamite
BUDDHA, religious figure. See also HERZOG, Werner, and TEZUKA, Osamu.
BULWER-LYTTON, Edward George—The Coming Race, Paul Clifford, et al.
BURTON, Robert—author, The Anatomy of Melancholy