Dolores Kendrick
Encyclopedia
Dolores Kendrick is an American poet
, and Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia
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Her book, The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women, won the Annisfield-Wolfe Award.
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She adapted The Women of Plums for the theater, which won the 1997 New York New Playwrights Award.
She adapted The Women of Plums, into a CD, The Color of Dusk, with Wall Matthews and Aleta Greene.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia
Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia
The Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia of the official poet of the District of Columbia. The Poet Laureate is officially appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.-First appointee:...
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Her book, The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women, won the Annisfield-Wolfe Award.
Life
She is Vira I. Heinz Professor Emerita at Phillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...
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She adapted The Women of Plums for the theater, which won the 1997 New York New Playwrights Award.
She adapted The Women of Plums, into a CD, The Color of Dusk, with Wall Matthews and Aleta Greene.
Works
- Through the Ceiling, Paul Breman Limited, 1975
- Now Is the Thing to Praise, Lotus Press, 1984, ISBN 9780916418540
- The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women, Phillips Exeter Academy Press, 1990, ISBN 9780939618088
- Why the woman is singing on the corner: a verse narrative, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2001, ISBN 9781931807005
External links
- "The 3-minute interview: Dolores Kendrick", The Washington Examiner, Scott McCabe, 01/31/08
- A Poem for Mom, Set to Her Favorite Opera, NPR, May 9, 2005
- "Review: Dolores Kendrick's The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women (William Morrow Company, Inc. 1989)"
- http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4068