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Mary C. Ames

(1831-1884) Author, poet. Mary C. Ames was born in Utica, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Eartha Watts Hicks

Eartha Watts-Hicks is the founder of Earthatone Publishing and Earthatone Books. Former director of publications for Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association (COSIA), she is a NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) artist, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and the legendary Harlem Writers Guild. A fiction fellow of … Continued

David George Vaughan

(1924-2017) Historian, critic. David Vaughan was born in London, England, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was best know for his writing about dance.

Nancy Friday

(1933-2017) Author. Nancy Friday was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Benjamin Brindise

Benjamin Brindise is a writer of fiction and poetry as well as a Teaching Artist at the Just Buffalo Literary Center. He is the author of ROTTEN KID (Ghost City Press, Spring 2017), a hybrid chapbook collection of six poems and two short stories. He is also spoken-word poet who qualified to compete in the … Continued

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto is the author of “L Is For Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir” SUNY Press, a Lambda Literary Award finalist; and the book of poetry “Schistsong,” Bordighera Press. Forthcoming in 2018 from Guernica is a flip book of two volumes of poetry and short prose: “Hard Candy,” and “Pitch, Roll, Yaw.” … Continued

Richard Kostelanetz

Mr. Kostelanetz doesn’t do standup declamation; he prefers to show VIDEO POEMS & VIDEO STORIES, talk about alternative publishing, or generally answered individual questions. Mr. Kostelanetz currently resides in FarEast BushWick. Individual entries on his work in several fields appear in various editions of Wikipedia, NNDB.com, Britannica.com, Postmodern Fiction Contemporary Poets, Who’s Who in America … Continued

Elena Botts

Elena Botts currently attends college in New York, though she is from the District of Columbia metropolitan area. In the past few years, her poems have been published in dozens of literary magazines. She is the winner of four poetry contests, including Word Works Young Poets. Her artwork has won numerous awards and has been … Continued

Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee is the author of Basket (Accent Editions, 2012), a selection of her own poems, and At the Heart of the World (O Press, 1978), a selection of poems by Blaise Cendrars that she translated from the French. She has also translated poems by Robert Walser from the German. Travel and language are key … Continued

Glenn Frey

(1948-2016) Songwriter. Glenn Frey was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Eagles. He died in New York City.