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Sherley Anne Williams (August 25, 1944 – July 6, 1999) was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, jazz poet, playwright and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community.
The white man assuming the voice of an African-American man enraged the black community. In Dessa Rose, the author Sherley Anne Williams, a black woman, takes the voice of a white woman. Dessa Rose alternatively defines freedom and agency from a female character's perspective, using distinct literary techniques. Williams broke free of ...
Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) (1830–1877, Wales, p) Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955, Wales, f/nf) Robina Williams (living, England, f) Rowan Williams (born 1950, Wales, nf/p) Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (1823–1905, Wales, p) Saul Williams (born 1972, US, p/nf) Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999, US, p/f/d) T. Marchant Williams (1845 ...
Dessa Rose is a musical based on the novel of the same name by Sherley Anne Williams with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty.It tells the story of a young black woman and a young white woman and their journey to acceptance in 1847 in the ante-bellum South, as they tell their story to their grandchildren.
Sherley Anne Williams, 54, American novelist, poet and professor. ... Mircea Nedelciu, 48, Romanian short-story writer, novelist and essayist, Hodgkin's disease.
Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999) Walter E. Williams (1936–2020) August Wilson (1945–2005), playwright; Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist; Kathy Y. Wilson (died 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator
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Working Cotton is a 1992 Caldecott Honor Book, [1] Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Illustration, [2] and an ALA Notable Book.It was written by Sherley Anne Williams and illustrated by Carole Byard.