Abraham Polonsky
(1910-1999) Novelist. Abraham Polonsky was born in New York City and died in Beverly Hills, California.
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Morris Philipson
(1926-2011) Novelist. Morris Philipson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Chicago, Illinois. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Columbia University, and was director of the University of Chicago Press from 1967 to 2000.
Joan Peyser
(1930-2011) Biographer. Joan Peyser was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Belva Plain
(1915-2010) Novelist. Belva Plain was born in New York City and grew up on the upper East Side of Manhattan, New York.
Clara Claiborne Park
(1923-2010) Author. Clara Claiborne Park was born in Tarrytown, New York, and died in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Carlene Hatcher Polite
(1932-2009) Novelist. Carlene Hatcher Polite was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Cheektowaga, New York. She had taught creative writing at University of Buffalo, New York.
Josephine Preston Peabody
(1874-1922) Poet, playwright. Josephine Preston Peabody was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Harry Thurston Peck
(1856-1914) Poet. Harry Thurston Peck graduated from Columbia College and then continued to be associated with Columbia University until 1910.
James Gates Percival
(1795-1856) Poet. James Gates Percival was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States Army, and professor of chemistry at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1824.
Richard Poirier
(1925-2009) Writer, literary critic. Richard Poirier was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and died in Manhattan, New York. He founded the literary journal, Raritan: A Quarterly Review.