PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1997) Winner
Devorah Major
デヴォラ・メジャー
Devorah Major
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-01-08 （Berkeley, California）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Berkeley, California → San Francisco
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, performer, essayist, editor, recording artist, professor
- Active Years
- 1976-2024
- Affiliations
- California College of the Arts
- Influenced By
- Lucille Clifton
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State University | — | African-American Studies, Health Education | — | — | United States |
San Francisco State University
African-American Studies, Health Education
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | San Francisco Poet Laureate | — | — | City of San Francisco | Winner |
San Francisco Poet Laureate
2002
Organization:
City of San Francisco
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
An Open Weave
1995 NovelStory focusing on members of an extended African American family.
familycommunity
Brown Glass Windows
2002 NovelHighlights a large African American family in San Francisco.
familyrelationships
and then we became
2016 PoetryContemplates what it means to be human with ideas about the universe.
beinguniverse
Bibliography
- An Open Weave (1995)
- Street Smarts (1996)
- Brown Glass Windows (2002)
- Where River Meets Ocean (2003)
- With More Than Tongue (2003)
- The Other Side of the Postcard (2005)
- and then we became (2016)
- Califia's Daughter: Poems (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetry of resistance
- Recurring Motifs
- familycommunityAfrican American life
Legacy
San Francisco's third Poet Laureate. Awards in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.