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Chinua Achebe

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(1930-2013) Author. Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He taught at Bard College from about 1991 until 2009.

Irving Adler

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(1913-2012) Author. Irving Adler was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Bennington, Vermont. He was a former New York City teacher and the author of books on math and science for young people.

Greg Ames

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Greg Ames is the author of Buffalo Lockjaw, a novel that won the Book of the Year Award from the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA). Buffalo Lockjaw was voted #1 in The Believer’s Reader Survey for 2010. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading, … Continued

Stella Adler

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(1901-1992) Stella Adler was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. She was the author of “The Technique Of Acting,” published by Bantam Books, Inc. in 1988.

Holly Anderson

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Holly Anderson has been anthologized in Up is Up, But So Is Down: New York’s Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992 (NYU Press) The Unbearables, The Unbearables Big Book of Sex (Autonomedia) and First Person Intense (Mudborn Press) Her limited edition books Lily Lou and Sheherezade are in library collections including MOMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria … Continued

Peter Arno

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(1904-1968) Cartoonist. Peter Arno was born in New York City and died in Port Chester, New York.

Nick Ashford

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(1941-2011) Songwriter. Nick Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and died in New York City. He with his partner and wife, Valerie Simpson, wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits.