Safiya Henderson-Holmes
(1950-2001) Poet. Safiya Henderson-Holmes was born in the Bronx, New York.
Type: NY City
Steve Kowit
(1938-2015) Poet, essayist. Steve Kowit was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Potrero, California.
Marie E. Borroff
(1923-2019) Poet, translator. Marie Borroff was born in New York City.
Michael Castro
(1945-2018) Poet. Michael Castro was born in New York. He was the first Poet Laureate of St. Louis, Missouri.
Lester Afflick
(1956-2000) Poet, writer. Lester Afflick was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the United States when he was sixteen.
Anne Reeve Aldrich
(1866-1892) Poet, novelist. Anne Reeve Aldrich was born in New York City and died in New York.
George Arnold
(1834-1865) Poet, author. George Arnold was born in New York City and died in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He sometimes used the pseydonym “McArone.”
William James Austin
(1949-2019) Poet, writer. William James Austin was born in New York City.
John Beecher
(1904-1980) Poet. John Beecher was born in New York City and died in California.
David P. Berenberg
(1890-1974) Editor, writer. David P. Berenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York.