Charles Ryskamp
(1928-2010) Literary scholar. Charles Andrew Ryskamp was born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in Manhattan, New York.
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Mike Zwerin
(1930-2010) Critic, author. Mike Zwerin was born in New York and died in Paris, France. He was a writer for The Village Voice, The International Herald Tribune, and the Bloomberg News.
George Edward Woodberry
(1855-1930) Poet. George Edward Woodberry was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He taught at Columbia University from 1891 until 1904. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Gamel Woolsey
(1895-1968) Poet, novelist. Gamel Woolsey was born in Aiken, South Carolina, and died in Spain. She lived for a time in New York City.
John Schoenherr
(1935-2010) Illustrator. John Schoenherr was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was the illustrator of more than forty children’s titles. He was also well known as a science-fiction illustrator.
James Arlington Wright
(1927-1980) Poet. James Wright taught at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York.
Melvyn Bernard Zerman
(1930-2010) Writer. Melvyn Zerman was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was known as a publisher of performing arts books.
Joan Larkin
Joan Larkin’s most recent book, My Body: New and Selected Poems (Hanging Loose Press) received the Publishing Triangle’s 2008 Audre Lorde Award. Her previous books include Housework, A Long Sound, Sor Juana’s Love Poems (translated with Jaime Manrique), and Cold River, winner of a Lambda Award. Larkin lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches in … Continued
Lynn Redgrave
(1943-2010) Playwright. Lynn Redgrave was born in London, England, and died in Kent, Connecticut.
Selma G Hirsh
(1917-2010) Author. Selma G. Hirsh was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Stamford, Connecticut.