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Allan Mark Kornblum

(1949-2014) Publisher. Allan Kornblum was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He founded the Coffee House Press.

Mark Apter Strand

(1934-2014) Poet. Mark Strand was born in Summerside on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1990-1991 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999.

Brumsic Brandon Jr

(1927-2014) Cartoonist. Brumsic Brandon Jr. was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He was the creator of “Luther,” a nationally syndicated comic strip. Mr. Brandon studied art at New York University and later resettled on Long Island in New York.

Nathaniel Branden

(1930-2014) Writer. Nathaniel Branden was born Nathan Blumenthal in Brampton, Ontario, and died In Los Angeles County, California. He lived in New York for awhile and received a master’s degree at New York University.

Juan Flores

(1943-2014) Author. Juan Flores was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and died in Durham, North Carolina. He lived in Brooklyn, New York.

Gil Marks

(1952-2014) Historian. Gil Marks was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and died in Jerusalem.

Susan Glaspell

(1876-1948) Author. Susan Glaspell was born in Davenport, Iowa, and died in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She and her husband, George Cram Cook co-founded the Provincetown Players.

Norman Bridwell

(1928-2014) Author. Norman Bridwell was born in Kokomo, Indiana, and died in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. He was the creator of “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” and he lived in New York City.