Angela Jackson (1) (1951–)

Auteur van A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

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Angela Jackson is an award-winning poet, playwright, and novelist. Her numerous collections of poetry include It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time and the National Book Award-nominated And All These Roads Be Luminous: Poems Selected and New. She is also the author of two novels-the American Book toon meer Award-winning Where I Must Go and Roads, Where There Are No Roads. She lives in Chicago. toon minder

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A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) 26 exemplaren

Where I Must Go: A Novel (2009) 15 exemplaren

It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time: Poems (2015) 11 exemplaren

And All These Roads be Luminous: Poems Selected and New (1998) 9 exemplaren

Dark Legs and Silk Kisses: The Beatitudes of the Spinners (1993) 5 exemplaren

Voo Doo Love Magic (1974) 4 exemplaren

Roads, Where There Are No Roads: A Novel (2017) 4 exemplaren

Solo in the Boxcar Third Floor E (1985) 3 exemplaren

More Than Meat and Raiment: Poems (2022) 3 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum: 1951
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Land (voor op de kaart): USA
Geboorteplaats: Greenville, Mississippi, USA
Woonplaatsen: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Opleiding: Northwestern University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)
Organisaties: Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Shelley Memorial Award (2001/2002)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2022)

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A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life… door Angela Jackson

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Marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, this biography and literary commentary on Gwendolyn Brooks and her poetry is outstanding. She was the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (in 1950) and worked tirelessly throughout her life to bring attention to the Black community, its arts and people and to help instill in young people a pride in their race--Black Power before it became so popular in the 1960's. She was particularly eloquent as a spokesperson for Black women, the pressures and troubles of discrimination and sexism. It is great to have the new biography.… (meer)