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Joe Simon

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(1913-2011) Writer. Joseph Henry Simon was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He is credited along with Jack Kirby with creating the character, Captain America.

Barbara Dimmick

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Barbara Dimmick’s first novel, In The Presence Of Horses, was published by Doubleday in 1998. Translated into five foreign languages, it was a bestseller in Germany and named a Notable Book of the Season by The Brisbane Times. Her second novel, Heart-Side Up, published by Graywolf Press in 2002, was awarded the New Hampshire Writers’ … Continued

Francis Fisher Browne

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(1843-1913) Editor, poet. Francis Fisher Browne was born in South Halifax, Vermont, and died in California. He studied law in Rochester, New York. He edited the “Lakeside Monthly” (Chicago) from 1869 until 1874, “The Alliance” from 1878 until 1879, and “The Dial” from 1880 until 1913.

Edward D. Hoch

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(1930-2008) Writer. Edward D. Hoch was the writer of over 900 mystery stories. Many of his mystery stories were published in periodicals like Argosy, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, The Saint Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

Jeanne Robert Foster

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(1879-1970) Poet. Jeanne Robert Foster was the pen name of Julia Elizabeth Oliver who was born in Johnsburg, New York in 1879 and died in 1970. She was an Adirondack poet who wrote two books. She also worked as a magazine journalist and as social worker.

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

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(1941-2007) Historian. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1941, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2007. A professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, since 1986, Fox-Genovese taught previously at the University of Rochester and the State University of New York at Binghamton.

James Sibley Watson Jr

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(1894-1982) Publisher, editor. James Sibley Watson was born in New York and worked in Rochester, New York. Watson was the publisher of “The Dial” from 1920-1929.

Richard Foerster

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Richard Foerster worked on the staff of the literary magazine Chelsea beginning in 1978 and served as its editor from 1994 to 2001. More recently, he was also founding editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal. A recipient of the Discovery/The Nation Award and Poetry’s Bess Hokin Prize as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for … Continued

Thom Ward

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Thom Ward holds degrees in English from The College of Wooster and the SUNY College at Brockport. Currently, he is Editor/Development Director for BOA Editions, Ltd., an independent publishing house of American poetry and poetry in translation. His poetry books include Small Boat with Oars of Different Size,published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1999 and … Continued