Jean Garrigue
(1914-1972) Poet. “New and Selected Poems,” lived at 4 Jones Street, New York, New York.
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Marcus Garvey
(1887-1940) African-American leader, proponent of black nationalism, essayist, publisher. Born in Jamaica, Garvey worked in the Jamaican press before becoming interested in African history and black nationalism during a visit to London. In 1914, he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and in 1916 he moved to Harlem and opened a branch of the UNIA … Continued
Sidney Howard Gay
(1814-1888) Abolitionist, editor. New York and Chicago Tribunes, lived in Livingston from 1848 until his death.
Maxim Gorky
(1868-1936) Writer. “Foma Gordeyev” (1902)
Woody Guthrie
(1912-1967) Writer, lyricist, social activist. Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie lived in Coney Island, New York, and died at Creedmoor Hospital in Queens, New York.
Maxwell Geismar
(1909-1979) Literary critic, biographer. Maxwell Geismar taught at Sarah Lawrence College for many years.
Harry Golden
(1902-1981) Writer, humorist. “Only in America” (1958), grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Horace Gregory
(1898-1982) Poet. Horace Gregory was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, and lived in Palisades, New York.
Horace Greeley
(1811-1872) Editor, publisher. Founder of the New York Tribune in 1841, a large paper with a circulation of 250,000. The Tribune printed the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, etc. There is a statue of Greeley in City Hall park. He was the first newspaper editor to allow by-lines. On August 19, … Continued
Woody Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Writer, lyricist, social activist. “Bound For Glory,” lived in Coney Island. “Songs to Grow On,” died at Creedmoor Hospital