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Edwin Arlington Robinson

(1869-1935) Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner. Edwin Robinson was born in Head Tide, Maine, and attended Harvard University from 1891 – 1893. At the time of his death Robinson was considered by many to be the greatest poet in the United States. He is now best remembered for his short poems characterizing various residents of “Tilbury … Continued

Paul Bowles

(1910-1999) Novelist, writer, poet, composer, writer. Paul Frederic Bowles was born in Queens, New York. He published at 17, and abandoned college. In 1929, he began his life of travels with a trip to Paris, where he hoped to establish himself as a real poet. Gertrude Stein told him he wasn’t a real poet, he … Continued

Henry David Thoreau

(1817-1862) Writer, journalist. Henry David Thoreau lived, in 1843 to 1844, in Staten Island, New York, tutoring Ralph Waldo Emerson’s children.

Ten Penny Players, Inc., Small Press

Ten Penny Players, Inc. is a small press chapbook publisher. Since 1979, they have published eleven copies a year of Waterways. Sample issues may be found on the web site http://www.tenpennyplayers.org/mags.html