Mary Cuffe was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and has lived in upstate New York for the last several years. She has lived in Galway, Saratoga County, for four years. She is a Communications Specialist for a not for profit trade association representing community based agencies that provide services to people with disabilities. She is a … Continued
(1825-1894) Poet, historian. Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester was born in Denmark, New York.
(1853-1922) Poet, playwright. Katrina Trask was born in Brooklyn, New York. She founded Yaddo, the Artists’ Colony located near Saratoga Springs, New York.
Knapp wrote “Sob Ballads” and from 1925-1943 many stories for the New Yorker.
(1890-1980) Writer, novelist. Katherine Anne Porter lived at 75 Washington Place, Manhattan, New York. In 2006 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-second stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Katherine Anne Porter.
Sherwood wrote “The Coming of the Tide,” “The Princess Pourquoi,” and many articles/poems for Scribners and Atlantic Monthly.
(c.1886-1975) Writer. Caroline Slade studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Besides her books, Slade had stories published in the New Yorker. She was the first president of the foundation that built the Yaddo writers’ colony.
(1892-1976) Short story writer. He had stories published in New Yorker, Good Housekeeping (the lesson is live in Saratoga and get published in the New Yorker).
(1835-1859) Poet. Boies wrote “Rural Rhymes” (1859).
(1892-1969) Novelist, screenwriter. Charles Brackett was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.