Alexis de veaux biography of michael jordan
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Alexis De Veaux - Wikipedia
| Born July 9, 1936, in New York, NY; died of breast cancer June 14, 2002, in Berkeley, CA; daughter of Granville I. (a postal clerk) and Mildred Maude Jordan. | |
| In fact, my father was the first regular bully in my life and there were many days when my uncle pounded down the two flights of stairs in our house to grab the chair, or the knife, or whatever, from my father's hands." Jordan told Alexis De Veaux in an interview for Essence that her mother was distant figure in her early life. | |
| In the following essay, DeVeaux remarks the impact of Jordan's youth on her beliefs about poetry. |
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- Alexis De Veaux (born 1948, New York City) is a writer, poet, and playwright.
CULTURE: June Jordan And A Black Feminist Poetics Of ...
- Alexis is a queer black troublemaker, a black feminist space cadet time-traveler and an inspired embodiment of love.
De Veaux, Alexis 1948-
(Masani Alexis De Veaux)
PERSONAL: Born September 24, 1948, in New York, NY; daughter of Richard Hill and Mae De Veaux. Ethnicity: Black. Education: State University of New York Empire State College, B.A., 1976; University of Buffalo, M.A., Ph.D. Hobbies and other interests: Studying Egyptian mythology and ancient culture, astrology, art history, "development of a new language composed of musical sounds and derived from African, Haitian, American Black, and neo-sexual sources."
ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Women's Studies, 712 Clemens Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, NY 14260. Agent—Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, 65 Bleeker St., New York, NY 10012. —[email protected].
CAREER: Writer, illustrator, and educator. New York Urban League, New York, NY, assistant instructor in English for WIN Program, 1969–71; Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York City, instructor in creative writing, 1971–72; Bronx
Black Women Radicals – Interview with Alexis - Alexis De Veaux
Correspondence: June Jordan, bulk: 1981-1982, 1981-1997
- Alexis De Veaux’s correspondence and other materials uncover her personal life and extensive literary, academic, and professional career as an author, professor, and artist-activist.
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- She is the author of two award-winning biographies, Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday (), and Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde (), as well as works of experimental fiction, poetry, memoir, children's literature, and theater.