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Introduction

Gayl Jones (born November 23, 1949) is an African American writer from Lexington, Kentucky.^[1]

Early life

After earning the Frances Steloff Award for Fiction while attending Connecticut College, Jones graduated with a Masters in creative writing at Brown University.

Career

The same year, she published her first book Corregidora.^[2] She was Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. Ever since leaving that post, Jones has kept her life private in order to concentrate on her writing.^[3] Her papers are currently housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.

Selected bibliography

Fiction

Corregidora (novel) (1975)
Eva's Man (novel) (1976)
White Rat (short stories) (1977)
The Healing (novel) (1998)
Mosquito (novel) (1999)

Poetry collections

Song for Anninho (1981)
The Hermit-Woman (1983)
Xarque and Other Poems (1985)

Other works

Chile Woman (play) (1974)
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature (criticism) (1991)

References

^ Gayl Jones article summary
^ Biography and Bibliography
^ Biography at Answers.com

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Name	Jones, Gayl
Alternative names
Short description	Novelist, poet, playwright, professor, literary critic
Date of birth	November 23, 1949
Place of birth	Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Date of death
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Wikipedia Entries for Corregidora

Introduction

Corregidora