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==Biography==
==Biography==
Angela Jackson was born in [[Greenville, Mississippi]], the fifth of nine children,<ref name="Poetry Foundation">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 29, 2023 |title=Angela Jackson |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/angela-jackson |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref> but grew up in the [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]] neighborhood 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=November 26, 2020 |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=April 29, 2023 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Adrienne Samuels |date=2009 |title=Full of Grace |url=https://magazine.northwestern.edu/features/full-of-grace-poet-laureate-angela-jackson/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Northwestern Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
Angela Jackson was born in [[Greenville, Mississippi]], the fifth of nine children,<ref name="Poetry Foundation">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 29, 2023 |title=Angela Jackson |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/angela-jackson |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref> but grew up in the [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]] neighborhood 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=November 26, 2020 |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=April 29, 2023 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Adrienne Samuels |date=2009 |title=Full of Grace |url=https://magazine.northwestern.edu/features/full-of-grace-poet-laureate-angela-jackson/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Northwestern Magazine |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>


===Education===
===Education===
Jackson attended Catholic elementary school.<ref name=":0" /> She graduated third in her high school class at [[Loretto Academy (Chicago)|Loretto Academy]].<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name="Poetry Foundation" /> Her novels ''Where I Must Go'' and ''Roads, Where There Are No Roads'' were inspired by her experiences at Northwestern.
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.<ref name="Poetry Foundation" /> Her novels ''Where I Must Go'' and ''Roads, Where There Are No Roads'' were inspired by her experiences at Northwestern.


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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Jackson is Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duriga |first=Joyce |title=Catholic faith a touchstone for Illinois poet laureate |url=https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2021/01/06/catholic-faith-a-touchstone-for-illinois-poet-laureate |url-status=live |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Chicago Catholic |language=en-US}}</ref>
Jackson is Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duriga |first=Joyce |title=Catholic faith a touchstone for Illinois poet laureate |url=https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2021/01/06/catholic-faith-a-touchstone-for-illinois-poet-laureate |url-status=live |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Chicago Catholic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 21:24, 16 September 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 in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, where her father, George Jackson, Sr., and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson, moved during the Great Migration.[3][4][5]

Jackson lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.[6]

Education

Jackson attended Catholic elementary school.[5] She graduated third in her high school class at Loretto Academy.[5]

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,[7] and was editor of the journal Nommo.[8]

Personal life

Jackson is Catholic.[9][5]

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 November 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Angela Jackson". Poetry Foundation. April 29, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "Angela Jackson named new Illinois poet laureate: 'I want to awaken the poets'". Chicago Sun-Times. November 26, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Gibbs, Adrienne Samuels (2009). "Full of Grace". Northwestern Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Richard Friedman; Peter Kostakis; Darlene Pearlstein, eds. (1976). 15 Chicago Poets. Yellow Press. ISBN 978-0-916328-04-7.
  8. ^ "Perspectives: The Eighth Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Fund". Black World/Negro Digest. Johnson Publishing Company. July 1973. p. 49. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Duriga, Joyce. "Catholic faith a touchstone for Illinois poet laureate". Chicago Catholic. Retrieved April 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ 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)
  11. ^ "Poetry Society of America Awards for 2002". Poetry Society of America. July 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 16, 2002.
  12. ^ "Poet Laureate Angela Jackson – IL Humanities". www.ilhumanities.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  13. ^ Foundation, Poetry (September 16, 2023). "Iconic Writers Honored at the Poetry Foundation's 2022 Pegasus Awards". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

External links

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