What skill do Philip Larkin and John O'Hara both possess?
John O'Hara John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was an American writer, best remembered as a keen observer of social status and manners in early to mid 20th century America and pre-eminent among his contemporaries at depicting social realism. He first earned a reputation for short stories and later became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8".
Nora Chesson Nora Chesson (2 January 1871 – 14 April 1906), born as Eleanor Jane Hopper, was an English poet, born in Exeter of an Irish father, Capt. Harman Baillie Hopper. She was a participant in the Irish literary movement of the 1890s, having some influence on W. B. Yeats in particular with her "Ballads in Prose" (1894).