Betty Comden
(1919-2006) Lyricist. Betty Comden was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in 2006. She had a long career co-writing lyrics and librettos for Broadway musicals.
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Maureen Cannon
(1922-2007) Poet. Maureen Cannon was born in the Bronx in 1922 and died in Wyckoff, New Jersey in 2007. She was an award-winning poet who had over 1,000 poems published.
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
(1908-2006) Writer. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was born in 1908 and died in Fresno, California in 2006. She, with her brother, Frank, co-wrote “Cheaper by the Dozen” (1948), and “Belles on Their Toes” (1952). She also wrote, “Jumping Jupiter,” “Rings Around Us,” and “Giddy Moment.” Carey worked as a department-store buyer in New York City for … Continued
Joseph (Mythologist) Campbell
(1904-1987) Mythologist. Joseph Campbell was a mythologist and the author of many books on this subject. He was born in White Plains, New York, and attended Columbia University. His most famous work is “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” (1948). Campbell died in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Michael Czarnecki
In 1997-98, Michael Czarnecki worked in 18 schools as a poet-in-residence, New York and Iowa. Workshops – In 1995-97, Czarnecki conducted various workshops for youth and adults at libraries, literary centers, art galleries and museums with such topics as: “Poetry From the Visual Arts,” “Writing From the Heart Out,” “Your Indigenous Voice,” “Spontaneous Creativity,” among … Continued
Jane Ciabattari
Jane Ciabattari was born and raised in Emporia, Kansas, in a family that emphasized literature and the arts (her sister, Denise Low-Weso, is a former Kansas poet laureate). She began her writing career as a high school columnist for The Emporia Gazette. She studied creative writing at Stanford University (B.A.) and San Francisco State University … Continued
Suzanne Cleary
Suzanne Cleary was born and raised in Binghamton, New York. Her poetry books are Keeping Time (2002), Trick Pear (2007), both published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. A book reviewer for Bloomsbury Review and Professor of English at SUNY Rockland, she has an MA in Writing from Washington University and a Ph.D. in Literature and … Continued
Michael Coffey
Michael Coffey was raised in the small hamlet of Saranac in upstate New York. His father was a correction officer at Clinton Correctional Facility (Dannemora) and his mother a registered nurse in Plattsburgh. He graduated from Saranac Central High School in 1972, and received a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame (1976) … Continued
Mary Cuffe
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
Malcolm Cowley
(1898-1989) Critic, poet, editor. Born in Belasco, Pennsylvania; lived at 107 Bedford St., 88 W. 3rd St., and 35 Bank St. He also lived at 360 W. 22nd St. and on E. 55th St.; Cowley won a scholarship to Harvard in 1915. After serving in France during WWI, he returned to Harvard in 1920, writing … Continued