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John de Vita

(1951-1990) Performance poet. John De Vita lived in New York City and worked at the New York Public Library.

John Roderigo Dos Passos

(1896-1970) Novelist. John Dos Passos lived at 3 Washington Square, Greenwich Village, New York, New York. Dos Passos’ novelistic style is completely unmistakable. With “Manhattan Transfer” (1925) and the U.S.A. trilogy (“The 42nd Parallel” (1930), “1919” (1932), and “The Big Money” (1936)), Dos Passos developed a broad, kaleidoscopic technique to recreate the social and political … Continued