Office files : of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1983.

Walker, Alice, 1944-

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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia), American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple.[3][4] Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry....

Lorde, Audre, 1934-1992

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Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, February 18, 1934, New York City – died November 17, 1992, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island), American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as w...

Sánchez, Sonia, 1934-

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Sonia Sanchez is an African-American poet, anthologist, and editor. She taught at the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. From the description of Sonia Sanchez letter and poem, 1969-1971. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49571750 ...

Shango, Chaka

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Harper, Michael S., 1938-....

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Poet Laureate of Rhode Island and Professor of English at Brown University. In honor of Daniel Knowlton, a Rhode Island bookbinder who worked for many years at the Brown University Library. From the description of Mr. Knowlton Predicts : poem, [ca. 1993]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615887 ...

Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999

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American author and professor of literature. From the description of Papers, 1970-1999. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 42963326 ...

Hoagland, Everett

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Aubert, Alvin

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St. John, Primus, 1939-

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Barlow, George Surrey

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Thomas, Joyce Carol

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Joyce Carol Thomas is a celebrated author of young adult novels, poetry, and picture books, as well as fiction and poetry for adults. She was born in Ponca City, OK in 1938 and received her B.A. from San Jose State University and her M.A. from Stanford University. Her work presents both the joys and injustices faced by young people, issues that resonate across racial lines. Her book of poetry, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, won numerous awards, including being named a Coretta Scott King Honor Bo...

Bryant, Philip, 1951-

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Evans, Mari, 1923-....

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Jordan, June, 1936-2002

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June Jordan was born in Harlem, New York on July 9, 1936. Jordan fostered a love of literature and writing poetry as a child. She attended Barnard College and University of Chicago. June Jordan married in 1955 and had one child. A poet, novelist, essayist, editor and children's author, Jordan published her first poetry collection, Who Look at Me, in 1969. Jordan was a visiting scholar/poet at many institutions, including MacAlester College, City College of the City University of New York, Univer...

Wright, Jay, 1934-

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Jay Wright (b. 1934), poet, playwright, and educator. Ted Wilentz (1915-2001), bookstore owner, publisher, and editor. From the description of Jay Wright letters to Ted Wilentz, 1970-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193269 ...

Buggs, George, 1947-

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Reed, Ishmael, 1938-....

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Writer Ishmael Reed was born on February 22, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Thelma Virginia Coleman, a homemaker and salesclerk, and Henry Lenoir, a fundraiser for the YMCA. In 1942, he moved to Buffalo, New York with his mother and stepfather, Bennie Stephen Reed, an autoworker. Reed graduated from East High School in 1956, enrolled in night classes at Millard Fillmore College, and later transferred to SUNY Buffalo.In 1961, Reed began writing forEmpire State Weekly, during which time he inte...

Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010

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Lucille Clifton (1936- 2010), African American poet and children's book author. She was born Thelma Lucille Clifton on June 27, 1936 to Samuel L. Sayles, Sr. and Thelma Moore Sayles in Depew, New York. At the age of seven, the Sayles family moved to nearby Buffalo, New York. From 1953-1955, Lucille attended Howard University from 1953-1955 and Fredonia State Teachers College (now State University of New York College at Fredonia) in 1955. Clifton's first volume of poetry, GOOD TIMES, was publishe...