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- Wanda Evans Coleman was an American poet and writer who won critical acclaim for her avant-garde work, but remained relatively unknown to a broader audience. Her 30 year literary career included a myriad of poetry and fiction publications.
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Wanda Coleman (November 13, 1946 – November 22, 2013) was an American poet. [1] [2] She was known as "the L.A. Blueswoman" and "the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles". [3] Biography. Wanda Evans was born in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where she grew up during the 1950s and 1960s. She is the eldest of four children.
Poet and writer Wanda Coleman won critical acclaim for her unusually prescient and often innovative work, but struggled to make a living from her craft. “She’s not as central as she should be. Her language jumps off the page,” wrote Camille Paglia in More magazine. The author of 20 books of poetry…
Feb 9, 2015 · Wanda Evans Coleman was an American poet and writer who won critical acclaim for her avant-garde work, but remained relatively unknown to a broader audience. Her 30 year literary career included a myriad of poetry and fiction publications. Born and raised in the Watts section of Los Angeles, California on November 13, 1946, Coleman was the ...
May 11, 2020 · She was born in Watts, in South Los Angeles, in 1946, and lived most of her life in and around the city. Her mother worked as a housekeeper, sometimes for movie stars, including Ronald Reagan. Her...
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Jun 12, 2020 · June 12, 2020. Arts & Culture. Wanda Coleman. Photo: Rod Bradley. Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems is a sterling, one-of-a-kind record of what it meant to be the late, great poet Wanda Coleman. I will offer a few comments, but let it be said, in life and in poetry, Wanda Coleman always preferred to speak for herself.
Wanda Coleman: Selections. An American innovator and the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles. By Benjamin Voigt. Photo by Lindsay Brice/Getty Images. Few writers are as relentless as Wanda Coleman was. A single mother who grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Coleman often struggled to make ends meet: a reality that poems like ...
Nov 24, 2013 · A native of Watts who long was regarded as L.A.’s unofficial poet laureate, Coleman died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long illness, said her husband, poet Austin Straus. She was...
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