(1916-2006) Writer. Herman Klurfeld was born in the Bronx, New York in 1916 and died in Boca Raton, Florida, in 2006. Klurfeld started writing as ghostwriter for Walter Winchell in 1936 and continued writing for Winchell for nearly thirty years. He later wrote books including “Behind the Lines: The World of Drew Pearson” (1968), and … Continued
(1949-2006) Columnist, author. Bernice Kanner was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1949. She attended Harpur College of SUNY in Binghamton, New York, graduating in 1969 and receiving her master’s degree in 1972. She wrote for Advertising Age magazine, The New York Times, and The Daily News, and authored twelve books. Ms. Kanner died in … Continued
(1905-2006) Poet. Stanley Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in New York City. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1974 to 1976 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2000 to 2001. He was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1987 to … Continued
Burt Kimmelman is a native of Brooklyn, New York, where he lived most of his life. He has pursued parallel careers as poet and literary scholar for the past 25 years. He is a professor of English at New Jersey Institute of Technology, and was Senior Editor of Poetry New York: A Journal of Poetry … Continued
Meg Kearney is the author of a novel-in-verse for teens as well as two books of poems; the most recent, HOME BY NOW, won the 2010 PEN New England LL Winship Award. Currently Director of the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College (Chestnut Hill, MA), Meg is the former Associate Director of The … Continued
Audrey Kupferberg grew up in Amsterdam, New York. She is a writer/biographer, lecturer, film and video consultant, archivist, and appraiser. She teaches film history at the University at Albany (SUNY), and works as film consultant to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College. She has lectured on Irving Berlin in the Speakers in the Humanities … Continued
David Krajicek, a native Nebraskan, is an author and journalist based in the Catskill Mountains of New York and the Gulf Coast. He is considered a national expert on true crime. A former newspaperman, he contributes The Justice Story, a true crime feature, to the New York Daily News. His latest book, Murder, American Style … Continued
Christopher Kennedy is the author of three collections of poetry: Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2007), winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award for 2007; Trouble with the Machine (Low Fidelity Press, 2003); and Nietzsche’s Horse (Mitki/Mitki Press, 2001). His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, The … Continued
(1884-1947) Lyricist. Bert Kalmar was born in Manhattan, New York.
(1906-2002) Novelist, journalist. Born in Spokane, Washington to newly arrived Japanese immigrants. His family moved to Alaska, and Kanazawa’s experiences there would serve as the basis for the acclaimed novel “Sushi and Sourdough,” which was published in 1989. The novel deals with Japanese-Americans in the Alaska gold rush at the end of the 19th century. … Continued