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Joan Cooper (November 10, 1931 – September 20, 2014), known by her pen name, J. California Cooper, was an American playwright and author. She wrote 17 plays and was named Black Playwright of the Year in 1978 for her play Strangers.
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Sep 27, 2014 · J. California Cooper, who illuminated the struggles of black women in novels and short stories prized for their folksy wisdom and original voices, including those of an unborn child and a...
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Sep 27, 2014 · J. California Cooper, a writer who enjoyed a widespread acclaim for her fable-like tales built largely around the imagined lives of African American women, died Sept. 20 in Seattle. She was...
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African American author and playwright J. California Cooper passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014, in her home of Seattle, Washington. She was 82 years old. “ I was telling stories before I could write ,” Cooper once said. “I like to tell stories, and I like to talk to things.
Apr 8, 2024 · J. California Cooper (November 10, 1931 – September 20, 2014) author of plays, novels, and short stories, was admired for her unique voice in all three genres. Warmth, pathos, and humor blended with pain are her trademarks.
Sep 23, 2014 · J. California Cooper was born in Berkley, California in 1932 and began her literary career as a playwright. She published 17 plays and was named Black Playwright of the Year in 1978.
Family, published in 1991, is a neo-slave narrative written by American playwright and author J. California Cooper. It tells the story of multiple generations of African-American slaves from the point of view of the dead Clora, who killed herself and tried to kill her four children in order to escape slavery.
