Matthew Caws

Caws was born in New York City, the son of Peter James Caws and Mary Ann Caws. Caws\' mother was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father was born in Southall, Middlesex. Matthew Caws\' parents, both university professors, took sabbaticals in France—in Paris, and in the Vaucluse in Provence—which helped Matthew develop early skills in French. Caws\' mother, a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French at the Graduate Center at CUNY, lives in New York City. Caws\' father, University Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, lives in Washington, D.C.. Caws\' parents divorced in 1987. In 2007, his mother married Dr. Boyce Bennett. His father married Nancy Breslin, M.D., M.F.A., a psychiatrist turned fine art photographer. Caws\' great-grandmother was painter Margaret Walthour Lippitt.\n', 'Caws has a half sister from his father\'s…