James Schuyler (1923-1991) was the recipient of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Morning of the Poem. He belonged to the first generation of New York poets, along with Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and Barbara Guest. In addition to poetry, he wrote art criticism and three novels, including one with John Ashbery. William Corbett (1942-2018) was a poet, educator, editor, and publisher who lived in Boston and New York.