Margalit Fox's Blog, page 67
March 29, 2012
Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76
Mr. Crews developed a cult following for violent yet sympathetic novels like "The Gospel Singer" and "The Knockout Artist."
March 28, 2012
Harry Crews, a Darkly Comic Novelist, Dies at 76
The novelist enjoyed a cult following for works that explored religion and violence in the American South.
March 27, 2012
Adrienne Rich, Influential Feminist Poet, Dies at 82
Adrienne Rich, one of the most influential and widely read writers of the feminist movement, took on sexism and racial oppression in her poems and prose.
March 25, 2012
Priscilla L. Buckley, Who Edited at National Review, Dies at 90
Miss Buckley was the longtime managing editor of National Review, the conservative magazine founded by her brother William F. Buckley Jr.
March 23, 2012
Melvyn Kaufman, Developer Who Shaped Manhattan's Streetscape, Dies at 87
Mr. Kaufman, who erected half a dozen skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan, had a fascination with office buildings as public spaces with which tenants and passers-by could engage.
March 19, 2012
James Morehead, 95, World War II Flying Ace
James Morehead, Air Force officer who became one of the most highly decorated American fighter pilots of World War II after downing eight enemy planes in the Pacific and Europe, dies at age 95. Photo
March 18, 2012
James Morehead, World War II Flying Ace, Dies at 95
Colonel Morehead was among the most highly decorated American fighter pilots of the war, downing eight enemy planes in the Pacific and Europe.
March 17, 2012
Ruth Barcan Marcus, 90, Acclaimed Philosopher of Logic
Ruth Barcan Marcus, a philosopher esteemed for her advances in logic, a traditionally male-dominated subset of a traditionally male-dominated field, died on Feb. 19 at her home in New Haven. She was 90. Her death was announced by Yale University, from which she retired in 1992 as the Reuben Post Halleck professor of philosophy.
March 12, 2012
Ruth Barcan Marcus, Philosopher and Logician, Dies at 90
Professor Marcus was esteemed for her advances in the traditionally male-dominated field of logic, long one of philosophy's most swaggering strains.
March 10, 2012
Andrij Dobriansky, 81, Who Sang At the Met More Than 900 Times
Andrij Dobriansky, bass who sang more than 900 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, dies at age 81. Photo
