Margaret
Essie
Danner
Born:
1915
Pryorsburg
Died: 01/01/1984
Parents: Caleb and Naomi Danner
Spouse: Cordell Strickland, 1st; Otto Cunningham, 2nd
Children: Naomi Washington
Address(es):
Last known address:
Chicago , IL
Died: 01/01/1984
Parents: Caleb and Naomi Danner
Spouse: Cordell Strickland, 1st; Otto Cunningham, 2nd
Children: Naomi Washington
Address(es):
Last known address:
Chicago , IL
Writings
Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
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The Down of the Thistle | Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | Waukesha, Wis. : Country Beautiful | 1976 | |
The Poetry of Black America: Anthology of the 20th Century - Anthology edited by Arnold Adoff;with an introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks |
Non Fiction , Poetry | Teen | New York: Harper & Row | 1973 | |
Understanding the New Black Poetry: Black Speech & Black Music As Poetic References - Included in Anthology |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York: William Morrow & Company | 1973 | |
Black Writers of America: A Comprehensive Anthology - Included in Anthology. Republished, 1997, by Longmans |
Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | New York: Macmillan Co | 1972 | |
Modern and contemporary Afro-American poetry /? edited by Bernard W. Bell. - Included in Anthology |
Non Fiction | Adult | Boston : Allyn and Bacon | 1972 | |
To Gwen with Love: An anthology dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks - Anthology |
Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | Chicago, Johnson Pub. Co | 1971 | |
The Black Poets - Anthology edited by Dudley Randall |
Poetry | Adult | New York: Bantam | 1971 -1985 | |
Iron Lace | Poetry | Adult | Millbrook, N.Y. : Kriya Press | 1970 | |
Black Poetry: A Supplement to Anthologies Which Exclude Black Poets - Anthology edited by Dudley Randall |
Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | Detroit: Broadside Press | 1969 | |
Not light, nor bright, nor feathery - Anthology |
Poetry | Adult | Detroit : Broadside Press | 1968 | |
For Malcolm: Poems on the Life and the Death of Malcolm X/ edited by Dudley Randall and Margaret G. Burroughs - Included in Anthology |
Non Fiction | Adult | Detroit: Broadside Press | 1967 | |
Poem Counterpoem - Co-authored with Dudley Randall |
Poetry | Adult | Detroit : Broadside Press | 1966 | |
To Flower : poems | Poetry | Adult | self-published: Hemphill Press | 1963 | |
Beyond the Blues: new poems by American Negroes - Anthology edited by Rosey E. Pool. |
Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | Lympne Kent, Hand and Flower Press | 1962 | |
Impressions of African Art Forms in the poetry of Margaret Danner | Non Fiction , Poetry | Adult | Detroit, Broadside Press | 1961 -1971 | |
Other writings: - Poems in Negro Story, Chicago Magazine, Poetry Magazine, Quicksilver, Talisman, Voices, Negro Digest, Negro History Bulletin, others |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
I believe that creativity is one of the gifts from the force for Good.
Attempting to develop my individual expression of this force is my activity.
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Cultural activist
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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- Post graduate work in Irish Literature | University College | Dublin,Eire |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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Poet-in-Residence | LeMoyne-Owen College | Memphis | 1972 -1976 |
Virginia Union University | Richmond | 1968 -1972 | |
Founder, Director | Boone House Cultural Center | Detroit | 1962 -1964 |
Poet-in-Residence | Wayne State University | Detroit | 1959 -1960 |
Assistant editor
- an editorial assistant in 1951 and in 1956 became the first African American to serve as a Poetry assistant editor |
Poetry Magazine of Verse | Chicago , IL | 1956 |
- Has read her poetry in colleges and universities in the United States, England, France, West Africa | |||
Staff member | Art Center | Chicago , IL |
Other Resources:
Other Comments:
A search for Margaret Danner in MeLCat will produce some anthologies and other works in which critical attention is paid.
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