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Walker Percy

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(1916-1990) Novelist. Walker Percy graduated from Columbia University and worked at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Percy spent time at Saranac Lake, New York recuperating from tuberculosis.

Sylvia Plath

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(1932-1963) Novelist, poet. Sylvia Plath lived and worked at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, for two months.

Dawn Powell

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(1896-1965) Novelist. Dawn Powell was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio. She first came to New York City in 1918 and later settled in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.

Edgar Pangborn

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(1909-1976) Novelist. Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City in 1909 and graduated from the Brooklyn Friends School in 1924. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Bruce Harrison and Neil Ryder.

Grace Paley

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(1922-2007) Writer, poet. Grace Paley was a writer of short fiction and poetry. She was born in the Bronx, New York, and was elected to the Academy of American Arts and Letters in 1980. She was named New York’s first state author from 1986 to 1988.

William B Patrick

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Born in Troy, New York, William B. Patrick has worked in many genres, including poetry, fiction, stage plays, screenplays, and non-fiction. His most recent book, We Didn’t Come Here For This (BOA Editions, 1999), is a memoir in poetry. BOA published his last book of poetry, These Upraised Hands, in 1995. Roxa: Voices of the … Continued

Mario Puzo

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(1920-1999) Writer. Mario Puzo was born in Manhattan, New York in 1920 and died on Long Island, New York in 1999. He won the 1973 Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay for his adaptation of his novel, “The Godfather.”

Peter Sherwin Prescott

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(1935-2004) Author. Peter Sherwin Prescott was born in Manhattan, New York in 1935 and died In Manhattan, New York in 2004. He was a book critic for Newsweek.

Gordon Parks

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(1912-2006) Writer. Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1912. He was a photographer and filmmaker. He died in New York, New York in 2006.