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Books by Jamie Walker
101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves: A Gift for Women
of All Ages /
Signifyin’ Me: New and Selected Poems
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Bio-Sketch
Dr. Jamie Walker,
originally from Oakland, California, resides in
Washington, D.C. Walker graduated magna cum laude from
San Francisco State University, where she studied
Theater Arts and Black Studies. She received both her
Masters and Ph.D. in African American and Caribbean
Literature from Howard University. Her dissertation was
on poet Sonia Sanchez and her master’s thesis was on
author
Jamaica Kincaid.
Walker starred in
several plays throughout California. She won first place
in the state of California for her dramatic
interpretation of August Wilson's play,
Fences,
and toured with The San Francisco Mime Troupe and The
African American Shakespeare Company. She hosted a
late-night talk show on WHBC 830 AM called, "Soul Talk.”
Her first book,
101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves: A Gift for Women
of All Ages (2002). Poems from her second book,
Signifyin’ Me: New and Selected Poems (2005)
will be published two forthcoming anthologies:
Gumbo
for the Soul: The Recipe for Literacy in the African
American Community and Are All the Women Still
White?: Globalizing Women’s Studies.
In Fall 2001,
Walker received a distinguished scholarship award from
poet Sonia Sanchez on behalf of The Elizabeth Howard and
Thornton H. Trust Fund. That same year, poet Ethelbert
Miller recommended Walker for a Lannan Poetry Fellowship
at The Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. She was
selected by Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint to join
the first class of students in The National Visionary
Heritage Fellowship Program
Walker’s essays and
poetry are published in
Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social &
Political Black Literature & Art (Third World Press
2002), edited by Tony Medina and Samiya Bashir;
It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Success
in Every Student (McGraw-Hill 2005), edited by
Tommie Lindsey;
I Woke Up and Put My Crown On: The Project of 76 Voices
(Publish America 2005), edited by Rochelle Hart; and
Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees
(Lit Noire Publishing 2006), edited by DuEwa Frazier.
Jamie teaches
African American Literature at
Howard University and freelances for Heart & Soul
magazine. She is 30 years old. She is available for
interviews. . . .
more
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As I
grew older, I would carry this same book with me all
the way to San Francisco State University where I
eventually graduated magna cum laude with a
bachelor's degree in Theater Arts. It was not only
theater, however, that I immersed myself in at the
university, it was also Black Studies. And, as we
know, Black Studies was first started in this
country at San Francisco State University when Jimmy
Garrett and Nathan Hare, in the late 1960s, asked
poet and female leader of the Black Arts Movement,
Sonia Sanchez, to teach one of the first Black
Studies courses in the nation. Later, Amiri Baraka
(along with
Ed Bullins,
Marvin X,
and several others) would join her, coming to S.F. State to
teach, showcase, and produce his revolutionary black theater
plays. Healing Power of Poetry
By Jamie Walker * * * *
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When he debuted with his first solo album, Never
Too Much (Epic Records 1981), Luther was overjoyed. He
worked so hard to maintain control over his own songs and it
finally paid off. His first album, which included songs like
“Never Too Much,” “Don’t You Know That,” and “A
House is Not a Home” sold over 1 million copies.
Luther won his first Grammy for Best of
Luther Vandross (Sony Records) in 1989. As one of the
premiere R&B singers of his time, Luther would go on to sell
over 25 million records, garner 8 Grammy’s, and countless BET,
Soul Train, NAACP Image, and American Music Awards. Thousands
Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross
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Other Articles by Jamie Walker
"Camille
O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint Launch New Visionary Leadership
Project"
"Sonia
Sanchez Speaks at the MLK Library"
"Dealing
With Writers Block: Eight Things to Do While You're Waiting In
Limbo"
"'Controversial'
High School Poem Inspires a School Board Meeting"
"Sonia
Sanchez Inspires Many at Heart's Day 2002"
"Federal Panel to Decide on Redistricting
Case in Georgia created 28 April
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update 3 November 2006 |
