Alf Evers
(1905-2004) Historian. Alf Evers was born in the Bronx, New York in 1905, and died in Shady, New York in 2004. He lived much of his life in Ulster County, New York.
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Patricia Eakins
Patricia Eakins’s second work of fiction and first novel,The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste,Father and Mother, First and Last, was published in 1999 by New York University Press, which awarded it the NYU Press Prize for Fiction. The novel has also been awarded the Capricorn Prize of the Writer’s Voice. Shehas been awarded two creative … Continued
Rob Edelman
Rob Edelman, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a film journalist, critic, historian, and lecturer. Since 1981, he has been a contributing editor of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, and has worked on Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia, Family Film Guide, and Classic Movie Guide. He teaches film history at the University at Albany (SUNY) and offers … Continued
Gloria Emerson
(1929-2004) Writer, journalist. “Winners & Losers,” lived in Manhattan.
John Erskine
(1879-1951) Educator, author, musician. John Erskine was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University (B.A., 1900; PhD, 1903). He taught first at Amherst (1903-1909), and then at Columbia, becoming professor of English in 1916. Among his many works on literature and music are “The Literary Discipline” (1923), “The Delight of Great Books” … Continued
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882) Writer, social activist. Ralph Waldo Emerson often visited his brother, Richmond County Judge William Emerson, who lived in Staten Island, New York from 1837 to 1864.
Fred Ebb
(1932(?)-2004) Lyricist, librettist. Fred Ebb was born in Manhattan, New York and graduated from both Columbia University and New York University in Manhattan, New York. He died in Manhattan, New York and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. He collaborated with composer John Kander on many songs for the stage, the movies, … Continued
Edward Eggleston
(1837-1902) Novelist, historian. Edward Eggleston worked on two volumes of U.S. history while at Owls Nest, the estate near Lake George, New York. Eggleston died there in 1902.
Will Eisner
(1917-2005) Writer, illustrator, editor. Will Eisner was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York. He was a pioneer in graphic storytelling and taught cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York.
Delany Elizabeth
Writer. Along with her sister, SARAH DELANY, Elizabeth Delany lived in the Bronx and published an autobiography entitled “Having Our Say” (1993), which narrates their lives as African-American sisters and spans a one hundred year period. The two of them then published “The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom” in 1994.