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William Matthews

Ohio Center for the Book January 12, 2017November 10, 2021

Born: November 11, 1942Died: November 12, 1997 Ohio connection: Birth Cincinnati Poet, essayist, and educator William Matthews was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 11, 1942. He earned a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1965 and an M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. Matthews was cofounder (with Russell …

Lee Martin

Ohio Center for the Book January 12, 2017July 8, 2021

Born: 1955 Ohio connection: Resident Columbus The only child of Roy Martin (a farmer and storyteller) and Beulah Read Martin (teacher), Lee Martin grew up on a farm in Lukin Township, Illinois (Lawrence County). When Lee was only a year old, his father lost both of his hands in a farming accident but continued farming with prosthetic …