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Writers from the Bronx

  • Edgar Allan PoeOn the 27th of May 1827, a young man named Edgar A. Perry enlisted in the United States Army under an assumed name. He was actually eighteen years old and…
  • Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was born on the 26th of July 1928 in New York City's Manhattan borough. He grew up in the Bronx with his parents, Jack and Sadie Kubrick, who…
  • E. L. DoctorowEdgar Lawrence Doctorow was born on the 6th of January 1931 in the Bronx. His parents were Rose and David Richard Doctorow, second-generation Americans of…
  • Joss WhedonJoseph Hill Whedon was born on the 23rd of June 1964 in New York City. He grew up on the Upper West Side as part of a family deeply embedded in television…
  • Harold BloomHarold Bloom was born on the 11th of July 1930 in New York City. He grew up at 1410 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. His parents were Paula and William Bloom.
  • Charley RosenCharles Elliot Rosen entered the world on the 18th of January 1941 in The Bronx. He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School before stepping onto the court at…