Isbn: 9781524592783 - the color of truth (10 risultati)

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Who wrote these poems-and why Poetry has always been in Susan's writings, filled with emotion, diversity, intensity, and whimsy. It reflects her searches for both her Irish and Jewish heritages, her Quaker involvement, and her love of Washington, DC, where she has lived for more than fifty years. A poli sci major at Wellesley, she edited a book on Irish politics in Boston when in grad school at Boston University. Eventually, she came to DC as an international affairs management intern-a program at which she met her husband on the first day.After the riots in DC that followed Rev. Martin Luther King's death, she stayed in DC, and began to work on black-white relations. At Mayor Marion Barry's request, she became the city's first patient advocate for all DC residents seeking help with their substance abuse problems. As an urban pioneer, with a husband and two children, she worked with and wrote poetry with some of DC's best poets, including Sterling Brown, Gaston Neal, and Nap Turner. Mayor Barry asked her to write and read one of her poems to over three thousand people at his third inaugural. Poetry helped her become an easily accepted person on both sides of the Anacostia River. At seventy-eight, she remains an enthusiast for DC statehood.…

Gebunden. Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnWho wrote these poems-and why? Poetry has always been in Susan s writings, filled with emotion, diversity, intensity, and whimsy. It reflects her searches for both her Irish and Jewish heritages, her Quaker involvement, and her lo.

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