Georganna Millman lives in the Catskill Mountains with her husband. They have two grown sons. She is self-employed, owning an independent retail pharmacy. She graduated Skidmore College. Her poetry has appeared in national and regional publications including Blueline, The Margie Review, Vanguard Voices of the Hudson Valley, The Literary Gazette, and Chronogram. She is a … Continued
(1812-1878) Novelist. Peter Hamilton Myers was born in Herkimer, New York and spent most of his life in New York State and New York City.
(1925-1964) Novelist. Flannery O’Connor lived for seven months at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2015 the United States Postal Service issued its 30th stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Flannery O’Connor.
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
(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).
(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.