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Joyce Carol Thomas (May 25, 1938 – August 13, 2016) [1] was an African-American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author of more than 30 children's books.
Marked by Fire (first published January 1, 1982) is a novel by Joyce Carol Thomas. Thomas and Paula Fox (A Place Apart) shared the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Fiction, Paperback. [1] [a] The story follows the life of Abyssinia "Abby" Jackson, whose home in Oklahoma is destroyed by a tornado and fire.
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Floyd Cooper (January 8, 1956 – July 15, 2021) was an American illustrator of children's books whose art frequently explored the African American experience. [1] He was based in Easton, Pennsylvania, [2] and worked with authors such as Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, Eloise Greenfield, Howard Bryant, Joyce Carol Thomas, and Bill Martin Jr, among others. [3]
Now well into her 80s, prolific American author Joyce Carol Oates keeps cranking out the books, most recently the disturbing novel “Butcher.” ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
In the Land of Milk and Honey, Joyce Carol Thomas (2012) In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems, Eloise Greenfield (2003) In My Momma's Kitchen, Jerdine Nolen (1999) In the Spirit, Susan L. Taylor (1994) It Ain't All for Nothin', Walter Dean Myers (2003) I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter Dean ...
The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982 (2007) In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters (2009) In Rough Country (2010) A Widow's Story: A Memoir (2011) Joyce Carol Oates creates Evangeline Fife, who interviews Robert Frost: Lovely, Dark, Deep (2013) published in "Dead Interviews" [4] — (June 10–17, 2013). "After Black Rock". True Crimes. The ...