County: New York
Thom Francis
THERESE BRODERICK Co-President
Mary Armao McCarthy, Co-President
LOIS GORDON
Jesus Colon
(1901-1974) Essayist, journalist. Born in Cayey, Puerto Rico. In 1918, Colon was a stowaway on the S.S. Carolina which landed in Brooklyn. He settled in New York City’s Puerto Rican community and took a series of grueling jobs which exposed him to the discrimination and injustice experienced by many Puerto Rican “unskilled” laborers. He became … Continued
John Nichols
(1940-2023) Novelist. John Nichols was born in Berkeley, California, and died in Taos, New Mexico.
Dr. John A. Talbott
(1935-2023) Psychiatrist, author. Dr. John A. Talbott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Baltimore, Maryland.
David Ellenson
(1947-2023) Scholar, author. David Ellenson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Michael Blakemore
(1928-2023) Stage director, memoirist. Michael Blakemore was born in Sydney, Australia.