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Douglas Davis

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(1933-2014) Critic. Douglas Davis was born in Washington, District Of Columbia, and died in Queens, New York. He moved to New York in the late 1960s and was an art critic for Newsweek.

Marcella Hazan

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(1924-2013) Author. Marcella Hazan was born in the village of Cesenatico in Emilia-Romagna, and died in Longboat Key, Florida. She lived and worked in New York City.

Penelope Casas

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(1943-2013) Author. Penelope Casas was born in Whitestone, Queens, New York, and died in Manhasset, Long Island, New York.

Dr Joyce Brothers

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(1927-2013) Author. Dr. Joyce Brothers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In addition to writing books, Dr. Brothers had a syndicated newspaper column and a regular column in Good Housekeeping magazine.

Jack Maple

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(1952-2001) Author. Jack Maple was born in Richmond Hill, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He coauthored the book The Crime Fighter.

Alan Abelson

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(1925-2013) Columnist, editor. Alan Abelson was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. He was an editor of Barron’s magazine and wrote his column, “Up & Down Wall Street.”

Alan M Kriegsman

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(1928-2012) Critic. Alan M. Kriegsman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He had been a dance critic for The Washington Post and the first dance critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Maria Terrone

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I’m the author of two poetry collections: A Secret Room in Fall, co-winner of the McGovern Prize (Ashland Poetry Press, 2006) and The Bodies We Were Loaned (The Word Works, 2002), as well as a chapbook, American Gothic, Take 2 (Finishing Line Press, 2009). My work has appeared in such magazines as Poetry, The Hudson … Continued