Arnie Kantrowitz
Arnie Kantrowitz (November 26, 1940 – January 21, 2022) was an American LGBT activist and college professor. He authored two books and contributed articles, essays, poems and short fiction to magazines, newspapers and anthologies. Early life and education Kantrowitz was born in Newark, New Jersey, and graduated from Weequahic High School, before moving to nearby Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth with his mother and siblings after his parents divorced. He received a B.A. from Rutgers University–Newark (1961); an M.A. in English Literature from New York University (1963); and completed coursework toward a Ph.D. at New York University. Career He taught at the State University of New York College at Cortland from 1963 to 1965 and then at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York from 1965 until he retired in 2006. Kantrowitz was among the first to teach courses in gay literature, beginning in 1973 with "Homosexuals and Literature." He became chairman of the English ...
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Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.New Jersey County Map
New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city had a population of 311,549 as of the , and was calculated at 307,220 by the Population Estimates Program for 2021, making it
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