Possible Clues:

• John who wrote "Death Be Not Proud"
• Academic introduces, after vacation, notable writer
• 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' poet John
• Poet who wrote 'To His Mistress Going to Bed'
• 'Elegies' poet John
• Female entertaining news writer
• 'The Flea' poet John
• "Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail" writer
• 'Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail' writer
• ''. . . for whom the bell tolls'' poet