Debra Kang Dean’s work has appeared in many magazines and a number of anthologies, including “Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry,” “The Best American Poetry 1999,” and “The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology.” Her chapbook of poems, “Back to Back” (NCWN, 1997), selected by Ruth Stone, won the Harperprints Poetry Chapbook … Continued
(1749-1838) Italian poet, librettist. Lorenzo da Ponte worked in Vienna with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the librettos for Le Nozzi Di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte. He emigrated to New York and attempted to establish opera there, with little success. He became a professor and lecturer at Columbia University in Italian literature, the … Continued
(1840-1904) Writer. William H. H. Murray wrote a series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondack Mountains. He was from Schuyler County in New York State.
(1856-1898) Novelist, writer. Harold Frederic was born in Utica, New York.
(1827-1916) Writer, novelist. John Townsend Trowbridge was born in the Town Of Ogden in Monroe County, New York State. He also wrote many works under the pseudonym Paul Creyton.