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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

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
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

Awards:

Name Date
John Hay Whitney Fellowship
American Writers Award
Harriett Tubman Award
Native Chicagoan Literary Award
American Society for African Culture Fellowship
Midwestern Writers Award

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages COPYRIGHT 2007 Thomson Gale 2007
Contemporary Poets, edition 1 2001
Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 41
- Afro-American Poets Since 1955, edited by Trudier Harris and Thadious M. Davis 		1985
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Included in following years editions: 1980, 1993 		1980 -1993
Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 29-32R 1978

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Coursework Loyola University Chicago , IL 1946
Attended Northwestern University Evanston , IL 1945
Attended Roosevelt College Chicago , IL 1944
Attended Central YMCA College Chicago , IL 1943

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
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:

MeLCat Links:
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