(1926-1997) Poet, outspoken member of the Beat movement of writers. Allen Ginsberg lived at 206 East 7th Street, 170 East 2nd Street, 404 East 14th Street, and 536 West 114th Street in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his poem “Howl,” which is considered one of the essential texts of the Beat generation. … Continued
(c.1906-1995) Poet. Emilie Glen lived on Barrow Street, Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York, and hosted a literary salon, the Barrow Street Poets, for many years.
(1869-1940) Anarchist, writer. She came to the United States from Russia in 1886, and joined the anarchist movement. In 1893 she was sentenced to a year in prison on Blackwells Island in New York City for inciting riot. After lecturing in Europe and the United States, she became associated with the anarchist publication “Mother Earth,” … Continued
(1911-1972) Poet, essayist, critic, novelist. Paul Goodman was born in New York City. He studied philosophy at the City College in New York City, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in 1931. His most well-known work is “Growing Up Absurd” (1960).
(1868-1936) Writer. “Foma Gordeyev” (1902)
(1814-1888) Abolitionist, editor. New York and Chicago Tribunes, lived in Livingston from 1848 until his death.
(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.
(1909-1979) Literary critic, biographer. Maxwell Geismar taught at Sarah Lawrence College for many years.
(1902-1981) Writer, humorist. “Only in America” (1958), grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
(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.