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Marilyn Nelson's Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem

Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:37

Greenbelt Branch: Saturday, February 25, 2 pm

Join Marilyn Fortune's Bones by Marilyn Nelson

Nelson in a reading and discussion about her ground-breaking work and the inspiration that led to the poem and book. Nelson's honors include being a National Book Award finalist for The Homeplace (1990), The Fields of Praise (1997) and Carver: A Life in Poem (2001). She is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships. Marilyn Nelson is the daughter of Illomay and Russell C. Nelson. Her mother was a teacher, and her father was a Tuskegee Airman. Her degrees include: a BA from the University of California, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the University of Minnesota.