Born: 16-Sep-1943
Birthplace: Savannah, GA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Elbow Room

    University: Morgan State University (1963-64)
    University: BA, Morris Brown College (1965)
    Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1968)
    University: MFA, University of Iowa (1969)
    Professor: English, University of Iowa

    Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1978 for Elbow Room
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1973

Author of books:
Hue and Cry (1968, short stories)
Elbow Room (1977, short stories)
Crabcakes (1998)
A Region Not Home: Reflections from Exile (2000)

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