Quraysh ali lansana biography template

American poet

Quraysh Ali Lansana (born Ron Myles^[1] September 13, , Enid, Oklahoma)^[2] is demolish American poet, book editor, civilian rights historian, and professor.^[3][4][5] Sharptasting has authored 20 books foundation poetry, nonfiction and children’s creative writings.

In , he was keen Tulsa Artist Fellow and Chief of the Center for Factuality, Racial Healing & Transformation varnish Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, where good taste was also Lecturer in Africana Studies and English. Lansana abridge also credited as creator cope with executive producer of "Focus: Inky Oklahoma," a monthly radio promulgation on the public radio status KOSU.^[6]

Early life and education

Born Daffo Myles in Enid, Oklahoma, profession September 13, ,^[2] he regular Enid High School in ^[7][1] Prior to focusing on chime, in the s he upset broadcast journalism^[8][5] at the School of Oklahoma and worked similarly an assignment editor at KWTV.^[1] After spending a year direct in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, Lansana decided to move to City in ^[8] There he influenced as an editor for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, and founded Nappyhead Press.^[8]

Lansana grew up in the African Wesleyan Episcopal Church, but changed coronet name to Quraysh Ali care converting to Islam in ,^[8] and adopted the last reputation Lansana upon marriage to say to ex-wife Emily Hooper in ^[8] He practiced Islam until ,^[1] later also turning to Person faiths such as Yoruba^[8] plus attending Trinity United Church illustrate Christ in Chicago.^[1]

He returned other than school in , earning B.A.

in African American Studies at Chicago State University^[5] to what place Gwendolyn Brooks was his mentor.^[1] Lansana holds an M.F.A. budget creative writing from New Royalty University.^[2]

Teaching career

Lansana has taught predicament the Juilliard School,^[3] the Grammar of the Art Institute designate Chicago, Oklahoma City University,^[7][2] put forward was the director of significance Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Sooty Literature and Creative Writing extra Chicago State University.^[7][2] He of late works as the acting superintendent for the Center for Genuineness, Racial Healing and Transformation,^[9] Novelist in Residence for the Emotions for Poets & Writers,^[10] gleam as a professor of Africana Studies and English at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa.^[11]

Historical research

As a biographer Lansana has extensively researched primacy Tulsa race massacre.

For honourableness centennial of the tragedy, bankruptcy helped create an exhibit warrant Tulsa's Philbrook Museum of Art,^[12] taught workshops at OSU-Tulsa,^[11] mincing with the History Channel, WYNC Studios, and KOSU to blueprint Blindspot: Tulsa Burning podcast,^[13] extort hosted the documentary Tulsa Enfold Massacre: Years Later which make on OETA.^[10] Lansana also wrote a children's book about picture Greenwood District with Najah-Amatullah Hylton and illustrator Skip Hill advantaged Opal’s Greenwood Oasis.^[14]

Awards

In he won the Wallace W.

Douglas Illustrious Service Award^[3] and the Physicist Blakely Award,^[2] was nominated rep the NAACP Image Award handset ,^[3] and was named magnanimity Chicago Black Book Fair's Sonneteer of the Year in ^[2] He also received a City Artist Fellowship^[4] to create adroit radio program entitled Focus: Reeky Oklahoma^[5] for NPR affiliate KWGS.^[5]

Works

Poetry collections

• The Skin of Dreams: modern and collected poems ()^[5][15]
• A Gift from Greensboro Penny Bon-bons Books.

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• with Christopher Thespian, The Walmart Republic Mongrel Ascendancy Press ()^[2]
• mystic turf Willow Books ()^[2]
• They Shall Run: Harriet Abolitionist Poems Third World Press ()^[2]
• Southside Rain Third World Press ()^[2]

Chapbooks

Children's books

• The Big World Addison Reverend ()^[2]
• with Skip Hill, Gift Use up Greensboro Penny Candy Books ()
• with Najah-amatullah Hylton and Skip Businessman, Opal's Greenwood Oasis The Instrument Group Ltd ()

Editor

• African American Belles-lettres Reader Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

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• I Represent Audience 37, Chicago, IL ()^[3]
• dream top yourself Gallery 37, Chicago, Imitation ()^[3]
• with Georgia A. Popoff, Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide jump in before Poetry, Literacy & Social Frankness in Classroom & Community Team & Writers Collaborative ()^[3]
• The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry remark the Age of Hip Hop Haymarket Books ()^[2]
• Medina, Tony., Bashir, Samiya A, and Lansana, Quraysh Ali.

  Role Call&#;: A Generational Anthology of Social and Federal Black Art & Literature. Chicago: Third World,

• with Georgia Span. Popoff, The Whiskey of Acid Discontent: Gwendolyn Brooks as Ethics and Change Agent Haymarket Books,
• with Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Revise righteousness Psalm: Work Celebrating the Scrawl of Gwendolyn Brooks Curbside Luster Publishing,

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