Английская Википедия:Carolyn Baxter
Шаблон:Short description Carolyn Baxter (born 1953)[1] is an African-American poet, playwright, and musician.[2][3][4] Baxter is from Harlem, New York. She was a participant in the Black Panthers School Breakfast Program. Baxter was formerly incarcerated at the New York City Correctional Institute for Women at Rikers Island.[5] Her writings are considered a part of the Prison Art's Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.[6][7]
Biography
Baxter worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP and was a member of the Black Panthers Party. She also worked for the New York City Board of Education in programs for ex-offenders and adolescent offenders.[8] Baxter is a member of the United Federation for Teachers.she is a proud member Lof ASCAP and SAG/A.F.T.R.A The Screen and Television Performers. She plays conga/bass.Шаблон:Citation needed
Baxter was formerly incarcerated at the New York City Correctional Institute for Women at Rikers Island.[5] There, she joined the Free Space Writing Project. Her writings are considered a part of the Prison Art's Movement of the 1970s and 1980s.[6][7] Baxter served time with the singer/poet Marilyn Buck.[9] Baxter attended BARD College after her incarceration.[10]
Brown University did an exhibit titled, Poetry in the Time of Mass Incarceration, which displayed Baxter's writings in the John Hay Library's Willis Reading Room at Brown from September 2015 – January 4, 2016.[11] Her work has been used in studies of the prison industrial complex.[12]
Publications
Books
- Prison Solitary and Other Free Government Services (Greenfield Review Press, 1979)
Anthologies
- 20th Century Prison Writings (Penguin/Putnam, 1998)[13]
- The Light from Another Country (Greenfield Review Press, 1984),
- Wall Tappings Vol 1 (Feminist Press, 1986)[8]
- Wall Tappings Vol 2 (Feminist Press, 2005)
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1953 births
- Living people
- African-American poets
- American dramatists and playwrights
- American women writers
- Writers from Manhattan
- Musicians from Manhattan
- People from Harlem
- 21st-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American women
- 20th-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American women writers
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American musicians
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