Born: 03/15/1960   Detroit , MI
Parents: Schofield W. Waller II, Bessie L. Waller
Children: Lena Julia Cintron-Waller
Address(es):
4465 Garland
Detroit , MI 48214
Contact Information:
Website : https://www.blogger.com/profile/14989487286922078011

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Third Coast Anthology of Michigan Poets - included in Anthology	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	1989
	Abstract Blues : poems (1980-1987	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Broadside Press	1988
	Contemporary Michigan poetry : poems from the third coast - Anthology	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Detorit, MI : Wayne State University	1988
	Death By Hanging - feature-length play	Drama	Adult
	Other writings: - Fiction, poetry, journalism, articles, essays, scholarly criticism in Solid Ground: A New World Journal, Obsidian, Black American Literature Forum, Black Scholar, Metro Times, and others.		Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To examine the human condition; to expose the existence of inhumanity and oppression/dehumanization in all its forms; to relate the political and social realities of dehumanization to historical and material reality."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Journalist

Name	Date
Eleven Tompkins and Bruenton Prizes for fiction, poetry, and essay, Wayne State University.
The John Clare Prize, Academy of American Poets.
The Judith Seagal Peirson Award for Fiction.
The Forbes Heermans and George S. McCalmon Award for playwriting, Cornell's Department of Theatre Arts.
The Tompkins Country League of Human Rights Award, New York State.
Honorable mention, New York Press Association's Better Newspaper Competition.
Professional Recognition Award, Syracuse Press Club

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