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
(1926-2012) Novelist. Joe Kubert was born in the shtetl of Yzeran, then in Poland and now in Ukraine, and died in Morristown, New Jersey. He was best know as an influential comic-book artist.
(1929-2012) Writer. Remy Charlip was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in San Francisco, California. He wrote and illustrated children’s books.
(1956 – 2012) Poet. Brant Lyon wrote poetry, short fiction, and music. He was senior editor for Uphook Press (uphookpress.com) and producer/host for Hydrogen Jukebox, a reading series in New York City that pairs poets with an improvisational band. Brant’s own music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyroican Poets Cafe, Galapogos … Continued
(1912-2012) Author. Henry Denker was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1926-2012) Historian. William Lee Miller was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1928-2012) Author. Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was known as a children’s book artist and writer.
(1913-1976) Author. Mary Flug Handlin was born in New York City and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
William Henry Patrick Kunkel was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 21, 1950, and died on September 9, 2011. He helped invent video game journalism and created the first video game magazine in the United States.
(1915-2011) Historian. Oscar Handlin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His first wife was Mary Flug Handlin, also a historian.