J.E. Franklin

Poet

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Author's Bio

A major up-coming work will be The Race Aid Kit, a multi-layered project aimed at addressing the national divide on Race. There is no other model of its kind in the nation. One component of the model will be performed in March, 2015, at The Dwyer, an intimate theater-gallery space located in Harlem, NY.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Voices of Color (Applause Books, 1992)

Black Short Story (New American Library, 1972)

Books:

To Break Every Yoke (Xlibris, 2013)

Race Primer (Xlibris, 2010)

Black Girl from Genesis: Revelations (Howard University Press, 1977)

Journal:

Black Scholar

Prizes won:

John F. Kennedy New American Play Award; Rockefeller Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Timaeus by Plato, Confessions by St. Augustine, The Provincial Letters by Pascal, Thomas Aquinas, I , II by Thomas Aquinas, Gibbon I, II by Gibbon

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American

Prefers to work with:

At Risk Youth

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Houston

Raised in:

Houston, TX

Texas

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Last update: Nov 24, 2015