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'''Angela Jackson''' (born July 25, 1951) is an American [[poet]], playwright, and novelist based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angela Jackson|url=http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/angela-jackson.html|publisher=Mississippi Writers and Musicians|date=February 4, 2008|accessdate=June 30, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010192550/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/angela-jackson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jackson became the Illinois Poet Laureate in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Jackson to Serve as Fifth Illinois Poet Laureate |url=https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/poetlaureate/Pages/default.aspx |website=www2.illinois.gov |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref>
'''Angela Jackson''' (born July 25, 1951) is an American [[poet]], playwright, and novelist based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angela Jackson|url=http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/angela-jackson.html|publisher=Mississippi Writers and Musicians|date=February 4, 2008|accessdate=June 30, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010192550/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/angela-jackson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jackson became the fifth [[Illinois Poet Laureate]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Jackson to Serve as Fifth Illinois Poet Laureate |url=https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/poetlaureate/Pages/default.aspx |website=www2.illinois.gov |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Angela Jackson was born in [[Greenville, Mississippi]], the fifth of nine children,<ref name="Poetry Foundation">[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/angela-jackson Angela Jackson biography] at Poetry Foundation.</ref> but grew up on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago]], where her father, George Jackson, Sr, and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson, moved.<ref name="Poetry Foundation" />
Angela Jackson was born in [[Greenville, Mississippi]], the fifth of nine children,<ref name="Poetry Foundation">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-04-29 |title=Angela Jackson |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/angela-jackson |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref> but grew up on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago]], where her father, George Jackson, Sr., and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson, moved during the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]].<ref name="Poetry Foundation" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-26 |title=Angela Jackson named new Illinois poet laureate: ‘I want to awaken the poets’ |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/11/25/21720795/angela-jackson-illinois-poet-laureate-gwendolyn-brooks |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>


Jackson lives and works in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpxByCkBXCYC&dq=Angela+Jackson+poet+solo&pg=PA221| title=The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature|editor1=William L. Andrews |editor2=Frances Smith Foster |editor3=Trudier Harris | publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2001| isbn=978-0-19-513883-2 }}</ref>
Jackson lives and works in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpxByCkBXCYC&dq=Angela+Jackson+poet+solo&pg=PA221| title=The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature|editor1=William L. Andrews |editor2=Frances Smith Foster |editor3=Trudier Harris | publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2001| isbn=978-0-19-513883-2 }}</ref>
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===Career===
===Career===
She joined the [[Organization of Black American Culture]] (OBAC) with young black writers such as [[Haki Madhubuti]] (Don L. Lee), [[Carolyn Rodgers]], [[Sterling Plumpp]],<ref>{{cite book| title=15 Chicago Poets| editor1=Richard Friedman| editor2=Peter Kostakis| editor3=Darlene Pearlstein| publisher=Yellow Press| year=1976| isbn=978-0-916328-04-7| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/15chicagopoets0000unse}}</ref> and was editor of the journal ''Nommo''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tTkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49 "The Eighth Kent Conrad Rivers Award"], ''Black World'', July 1973, p. 49.</ref>
She was a member of the [[Organization of Black American Culture]] (OBAC) with young black writers such as [[Haki Madhubuti]] (Don L. Lee), [[Carolyn Rodgers]], [[Sterling Plumpp]],<ref>{{cite book| title=15 Chicago Poets| editor1=Richard Friedman| editor2=Peter Kostakis| editor3=Darlene Pearlstein| publisher=Yellow Press| year=1976| isbn=978-0-916328-04-7| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/15chicagopoets0000unse}}</ref> and was editor of the journal ''Nommo''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=July 1973 |title=Perspectives: The Eighth Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Fund |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49 |magazine=Black World/[[Negro Digest]] |language=en |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |page=49 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 21:33, 29 April 2023

This article is about Angela Jackson. For other uses, see Angela Jackson (disambiguation).
Angela Jackson
Born (1951-07-25) July 25, 1951 (age 72)
Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • novelist

Angela Jackson (born July 25, 1951) is an American poet, playwright, and novelist based in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Jackson became the fifth Illinois Poet Laureate in 2020.[2]

Biography

Angela Jackson was born in Greenville, Mississippi, the fifth of nine children,[3] but grew up on the South Side of Chicago, where her father, George Jackson, Sr., and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson, moved during the Great Migration.[3][4]

Jackson lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.[5]

Education

In 1977, she graduated from Northwestern University, where she won an Academy of American Poets Award, and the University of Chicago with an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean studies.[3] Her novels Where I Must Go and Roads, Where There Are No Roads were inspired by her experiences at Northwestern.

Career

She was a member of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) with young black writers such as Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Carolyn Rodgers, Sterling Plumpp,[6] and was editor of the journal Nommo.[7]

Personal life

Jackson is Catholic.[8]

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • "VooDoo/Love Magic", Poetry Foundation
  • Voodoo Love Magic. Third World Press. 1974.
  • The Greenville Club, 1977 (chapbook)
  • Solo in the Boxcar Third Floor E. Oba House. 1985. ISBN 978-0-933653-01-6.
  • The Man with the White Liver. Illustrator Melora Walters. Contact II Publications. 1987. ISBN 978-0-936556-16-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Dark Legs and Silk Kisses: The Beatitudes of the Spinners. Northwestern University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-8101-5001-0.
  • And All These Roads Be Luminous: Poems New and Selected. Northwestern University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8101-5076-8.

Plays

Novels

Memoir

  • Apprenticeship in the House of Cowrie Shells

Anthologies

References

  1. ^ "Angela Jackson". Mississippi Writers and Musicians. February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "Angela Jackson to Serve as Fifth Illinois Poet Laureate". www2.illinois.gov. State of Illinois. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Angela Jackson". Poetry Foundation. 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  4. ^ "Angela Jackson named new Illinois poet laureate: 'I want to awaken the poets'". Chicago Sun-Times. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  5. ^ William L. Andrews; Frances Smith Foster; Trudier Harris, eds. (2001). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513883-2.
  6. ^ Richard Friedman; Peter Kostakis; Darlene Pearlstein, eds. (1976). 15 Chicago Poets. Yellow Press. ISBN 978-0-916328-04-7.
  7. ^ "Perspectives: The Eighth Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Fund". Black World/Negro Digest. Johnson Publishing Company. July 1973. p. 49. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  8. ^ Duriga, Joyce. "Catholic faith a touchstone for Illinois poet laureate". Chicago Catholic. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b American Booksellers Association (2013). "The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation [1980–2012]". BookWeb. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 1985 ... Solo in the Box Car, Third Floor E ... 2008 ... Where I Must Go: A Novel (TriQuarterly)
  10. ^ "Poetry Society of America Awards for 2002". Poetry Society of America. July 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 16, 2002.

External links

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