While in Boston, she took a photography class at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education with David Akiba, who went on to become a lifelong friend of hers.
Benjamin's descendants worked at and managed the various restaurants, including George Dubrow, his son (who died in a car crash in Florida), his grandsons, Irwin Dubrow and Paul Tobin, and his sons-in-law, Irving Kaplan (who married his daughter Sylvia) and Max Tobin (who married to his daughter Minnie.) Max and Minnie had three children: Paul, Sheila, and Anita (Nini), while Irving and Sylvia had three children as well: Beth Wald, Bonnie Lyons, and Laura Levin.
Lyons was also a teacher and librarian at Keystone School for many years, and currently lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife Bonnie Lyons.
Other notable poets include Vince Gotera, editor of North American Review; Marian Haddad; Edward Byrne, well known for his "One Poet's Notes" blog; Olga Samples Davis; Wendy Barker, winner of two Violet Crown awards from the Texas League of Writers; Gwyn McVay; award-winning poet, essayist and dramatist David Brendan Hopes; Cyra S. Dumitru; Colin Morton, award-winning Canadian poet; Bonnie Lyons; and Joel Peckham.
Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Tyler | Lyons | Bonnie and Clyde | Bonnie Pink | Tommy Lyons | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Bonnie Langford | Bonnie Bramlett | Henry Lyons | Gene Lyons | Bonnie Somerville | Bonnie Lyons | Bonnie Hunt | Bonnie and Terry Turner | Lyons, Colorado | Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons | Charlton Lyons | Bonnie Scotland | Bonnie Koloc | Bonnie and Clyde (film) | My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean | Joseph Lyons | Fay-Ann Lyons | Craig Lyons | Bonnie Wright | Bonnie Rideout | Bonnie McKee | Bonnie Cullison | Bonnie Cashin |