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Gloria Naylor

(1950-2016) Novelist. Gloria Naylor was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 25, 1950, and died in Christiansted, Virgin Islands.

Gwen L. Ifill

(1955-2016) Journalist. Gwen Ifill was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. As a journalist, she reported for The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC, PBS, The Boston Herald-American, and The Baltimore Evening Sun.

Crosby Newell Bonsall

(1921-1995) Author. Crosby Bonsall was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at New York University School of Architecture and the American School of Design in New York City.

Robert Timberg

(1940-2016) Author, journalist. Robert Timberg was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and died in Annapolis, Maryland.

Gene Wilder

(1933-2016) Novelist, screenwriter, actor. Gene Wilder was best known as a comic actor, but he also authored several books. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Stamford, Connecticut.

Susan Tolchin

(1941-2016) Author. Susan Tolchin was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Richard Jeffrey Newman

As a poet and essayist, Richard Jeffrey Newman’s work explores the impact of feminism on his life as a man, especially as a survivor of childhood sexual violence. As a co-translator of classical Persian poetry, he writes about the impact of that canon on our contemporary lives. His books include “For My Son, A Kind … Continued