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Date 1889 - present
Notable Alumni Ottessa Moshfegh • Sigrid Nunez • Jhumpa Lahiri • Margaret Mead • Greta Gerwig • Laurie Anderson • Zora Neale Hurston • Twyla Tharp • Edwidge Danticat • Lydia Davis • Anna Quindlen • Jeane Kirkpatrick • Ntozake Shange • Mary Gordon • Freda Kirchwey
Related People Emily James Smith Putnam • Annie Florance Nathan Meyer

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