(1925-2013) Historian, journalist. Stanley Karnow was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Potomac, Maryland. He wrote for many publications including Time, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, The Washington Post, NBC News, The New Republic, King Features Syndicate and the Public Broadcasting Service.
(1924-2013) Author. Edward I. Koch was born in Crotona Park East in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the mayor of New York City from 1978 until 1989 and he authored several books.
(1920-1988) Writer. I. A. L. Diamond was born in Ungheni, Iasi County, Bessarabia, Romania, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was a graduate of Columbia University.
(1900-1990) Writer. Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in North Tarrytown, New York.
(1914-1990) Author. Hal Draper was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Berkeley, California.
(1912-2006) Historian, writer. Theodore Draper lived as a child in Brooklyn, New York.
(1920-2013) Biographer. Ralph G. Martin was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
(1945-2012) Poet, essayist. Louis Reyes Rivera was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1930-2012) Historian. Eugene D. Genovese was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Atlanta, Georgia.
Greg Ames is the author of Buffalo Lockjaw, a novel that won the Book of the Year Award from the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA). Buffalo Lockjaw was voted #1 in The Believer’s Reader Survey for 2010. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading, … Continued