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Charles Muscatine

(1920-2010) Writer. Charles Samuel Muscatine was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Oakland, California. He was best known as a Chaucer scholar.

Norma Diane Fox Mazer

(1931-2009) Novelist. Norma Fox Mazer was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Montpelier, Vermont. She lived in Glens Falls and Jamesville, New York.

Francis Mason

(1921-2009) Editor, critic, writer. Francis Mason was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and died in Rye, New York.

Milton Meltzer

(1915-2009) Author. Milton Meltzer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was known for his nonfiction books for young people.

Joseph Moncure March

(1899-1977) Poet, screenwriter. Joseph Moncure March was born in New York City and was raised in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.

Frank (Francis) McCourt

(1930-2009) Writer. Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a teacher in New York City for many years and lived in Manhattan, New York, and Roxbury, Connecticut.

Steve Mason

(1940-2005) Poet. Steve Mason was born in Brooklyn, New York. His poem, “The Wall Within” was read at the 1984 dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D C.

Robert Menzies McAlmon

(1896-1956) Poet, author, publisher. Robert McAlmon lived in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, for a period of time.

Abel Meeropol

(1903-1986) Writer, song-writer. Abel Meeropol taught at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York. He used the pseudonym Lewis Allan.