| 1999 |
Sarah Messer |
Madison, WI |
Non-Fiction Writer, Poet |
Red House: A non-fiction memoir that explores America’s fascination with history, family, and Great Houses |
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| 1999 |
Jeanne Mackin |
Ithaca, NY |
Novelist |
The Sweet By and By: Maggie and Katie Fox |
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| 1999 |
Nicole Cooley |
New York, NY |
Poet |
The Afflicted Girls: A book of poetry about the Salem witch trials |
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| 1999 |
Cassandra Fay Smith |
Detriot, MI |
Historian, Miniaturist, and Writer |
Slaves, free blacks, runaways: dolls of the antebellum United States |
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| 1998 |
Thomas Dunn |
Henniker, NH |
Playwright |
Research for a play about Winslow Homer and his early career,1856-1875 |
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| 1998 |
Barbara M. Weisberg |
New York, NY |
Writer and Producer |
Talking to the Dead: A non-fiction children's book about Kate and Maggie Fox |
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| 1998 |
Christopher Cokinos |
Manhattan, KS |
Creative Writer |
Hope is the Thing With Feathers |
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| 1998 |
Cornelia Nixon |
Bloomington, IN |
Novelist |
Jarrettsville: The true story of Martha Jane Carines, a Maryland woman who killed her fiancé in 1869 and was acquitted |
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| 1997 |
Pamela Keech |
New York, NY |
Visual Artist and Independent Curator |
Nurseries: An installation picturing the lives of children in post Civil War America |
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| 1997 |
Marilyn Arsem |
Boston, MA |
Performance Artist |
Spirit Messages: A performance based on 19th century Spiritualism, as well as late 19th century daily life in New England |
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| 1997 |
Stephen O'Connor |
New York, NY |
Non-Fiction Writer |
Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed |
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| 1996 |
Catherine Gammon |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Writer |
Nightbirds in an Age of Light: A novel about the Salem witchcraft trials |
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| 1996 |
John Lee |
Los Angeles, CA |
Playwright |
Orphan Trains |
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| 1996 |
Deborah DeFord |
Branford, CT |
Writer |
Young adult novel about the female American Revolutionary soldier Deborah Sampson Gannett |
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| 1996 |
Aubrey Wertheim |
Oberlin, OH |
Playwright |
A full length one woman show about Fanny Fern, the first female American columnist |
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| 1996 |
Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon |
Philadelphia, PA |
Performance Poet |
Life and Times of Lucy Terry |
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| 1996 |
Andrea Woods |
Brooklyn, NY |
Choreographer |
Ballad of the Black Cowboy |
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| 1996 |
Robert Begiebing |
Manchester, NH |
Writer |
The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton Or, A Memoir of Startling and Amusing Episodes from Itinerant Life |
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| 1995 |
Christina Tree |
Cambridge, MA |
Non-Fiction Writer |
History of New England Tourism |
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| 1995 |
Yuri Rasovsky |
Glendale, CA |
Radio Documentary Producer |
Radio documentary on the history of Thanksgiving |
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| 1995 |
Jeffrey P. Hatcher |
Minneapolis, MN |
Playwright |
Sockdology: A play about the actors in the play Our American Cousin |
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| 1995 |
Nancy Vieira Couto |
New York, NY |
Poet |
Book of poems and prose pieces on America Vesspucci |
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| 1995 |
Laurie Block |
Conway, MA |
Filmmaker |
Television documentary on the Mexican War |
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