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Song of My Life : A Biography of Margaret Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626740792
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Song of My LifeDDC classification:
  • 812/.52
LOC classification:
  • PS3545.A517 B769 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- 1. Childhood: Creativity on Display -- 2. Education: New Orleans and Chicago -- 3. Chicago: Richard Wright and the South Side Writers' Group -- 4. Chicago: Life after Northwestern -- 5. Iowa: Writing "For My People" -- 6. Writing Jubilee: A Balancing Act -- 7. Finishing Jubilee: Back to Iowa -- 8. Returning Home: Establishing the Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People -- 9. Legal Battles: The Cases against Alex Haley and Ellen Wright -- 10. Final Years: Awards, Recognitions, and Unfinished Work -- AFTERWORD: The Legacy of Margaret Walker -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX 1 Chronology of Margaret Walker's Life -- APPENDIX 2 List of Major Published Works -- APPENDIX 3 Major Honors and Awards -- APPENDIX 4 Major Adaptations, Recordings, Editions, Dramatic Performances, and Artwork Inspired by Margaret Walker's Work -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- SOURCE NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: The first biography of the much admired author of the novel Jubilee and the poem "For My People".
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Cover -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- 1. Childhood: Creativity on Display -- 2. Education: New Orleans and Chicago -- 3. Chicago: Richard Wright and the South Side Writers' Group -- 4. Chicago: Life after Northwestern -- 5. Iowa: Writing "For My People" -- 6. Writing Jubilee: A Balancing Act -- 7. Finishing Jubilee: Back to Iowa -- 8. Returning Home: Establishing the Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People -- 9. Legal Battles: The Cases against Alex Haley and Ellen Wright -- 10. Final Years: Awards, Recognitions, and Unfinished Work -- AFTERWORD: The Legacy of Margaret Walker -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX 1 Chronology of Margaret Walker's Life -- APPENDIX 2 List of Major Published Works -- APPENDIX 3 Major Honors and Awards -- APPENDIX 4 Major Adaptations, Recordings, Editions, Dramatic Performances, and Artwork Inspired by Margaret Walker's Work -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- SOURCE NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The first biography of the much admired author of the novel Jubilee and the poem "For My People".

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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