(1943-2018) Novelist. Juris Jurjevics was born in Tukums, Latvia, and died in the Bronx, New York. He immigrated to New York with his family in 1950. His first wife was the novelist and short story writer, Laurie Colwin, who died in 1992. He, along with Laura Chapman Hruska and Alan Hruska, was a founder of … Continued
(1939-2018) Author. Bernard Glassman was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, and died in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
(1948-2018) Playwright. Ntozake Shange was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Bowie, Maryland.
(1898-1974) Editor, author. Tay Hohoff died in Manhattan, New York.
(1930-2018) Author. Walter Mischel was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1922-2018) Essayist, journalist. Annette Michelson was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She was a founder of the arts journal October.
(1857-1914) Writer. Thomas W. Hanshew was born in Brooklyn, New York.
(1934-2002) Author, essayist. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison was born in Queens, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1926-2018) Author. Randy Weston was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1912-2000) Writer. Lucille Fletcher was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. She wrote radio plays, novels, and plays.