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Christopher Morley

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(1890-1957) Writer, novelist, head of the Book of the Month Club. He wrote 18 fiction titles, including “Parnassus on Wheels” and 16 poetry titles. “Kitty Folye” 1939,”Where the Blue Begins” 1922. His writing studio is preserved in the Christopher Morley County Park, in Roslyn, New York. He is buried in Roslyn Cemetery in Greenvale, New … Continued

Madam Catherine Montour

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(c.1667-c.1753) Chief, interpreter, Indian agent. Catherine Montour was born in Three Rivers, Canada, and joined the Iroquois, either by captivity or marriage.

Gabriela Mistral

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(1889-1957)(Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) Gabriela Mistral was born in Chile. She was the only Latin American woman to have won a Nobel Prize. She studied at the Pedagogical College in Santiago, became a secondary school teacher, taught in the Liceode los Andes (1912-1918), and rose to important posts in the Chilean educational system. She helped to … Continued

Brander Matthews

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(1852-1929) Brander Matthews was a well-known figure in theatrical and literary circles in Paris and London as well as in New York City. He began to teach at Columbia University in 1891 and in 1900 was appointed the first professor of dramatic literature in any American university. A founding member of several writers’ clubs, he … Continued

Mary Therese McCarthy

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(1912-1989) Writer, novelist. Mary McCarthy was born in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Vassar, 1933. She lived in an apartment at 18 Gay Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York in 1936. She later lived on Beekman Place, and also stayed at the Hotel Chelsea. As drama critic for the Partisan Review (1937-45), she gained a … Continued

Marianne Moore

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(1887-1972) Poet, editor, essayist. After being educated at Bryn Mawr and Carlisle Commercial College, Marianne Moore moved to New York City in 1918 and lived at 35 West 9th Street in Manhattan, New York. In 1921 she became an assistant at the New York Public Library, and began to move in poetic circles. She became … Continued

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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(1892-1950) Poet, playwright. One of the most popular poets of her era, Edna St. Vincent Millay was admired as much for the bohemian freedom of her youthful life style as for her verse. During the early 1920s she lived in Greenwich Village (some of her New York addresses include 75 ½ Bedford Street, Greenwich Village … Continued