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tells the story of Selina Boyce, a girl growing up in a small black immigrant community. Selina is caught between her mother, who wants to conform to the ideals of her new home and make the American dream come true, and her father, who longs to go back to Barbados. The dominant themes in the novel
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available to my mother and her friends. It restored them to a sense of themselves and reaffirmed their self-worth. Through language they were able to overcome the humiliations of the work day. Confronted by a world they could not encompass, they took refuge in language." Smitten with the poet
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to New York in 1919 and, during her childhood, deserted the family to join a quasi-religious cult, leaving his wife to raise their children by herself. Marshall wrote about how her career was inspired by observing her mother's relationship to language: "It served as therapy, the cheapest kind
31: 217:, the acclaimed nationally distributed magazine edited for African-American readers, which she credited with teaching her discipline in writing and eventually aiding her in writing her first novel, 205:, with plans of becoming a social worker. She took ill during college and took a year off, during which time she decided to major in English Literature, eventually earning her 2336: 1995: 281:
in 1984. In 2021, the book was reissued by McSweeney's, as part of their "Of the Diaspora" series highlighting important works in Black literature, with an introduction by
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Early in her career, she wrote poetry, but later returned to prose, her debut novel being published in 1959.
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in 1953 and her master's degree at Hunter College in 1955. After graduating from college, Marshall wrote for
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called "one of the four or five most impressive novels ever written by a black American", and
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Pettis, Joyce; Paule Marshall (1991). "A MELUS Interview: Paule Marshall".
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In 2010, Paule Marshall won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
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1991 audio interview with Paule Marshall at Wired for Books.org
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Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
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Marshall was inducted into the Celebrity Path at the
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She was designated as a Literary Lion by the 805:Creative Writing Program, New York University. 439:(Random House, 1959; The Feminist Press, 1981) 145:Kenneth Marshall (married 1950; divorced 1963; 972: 839:"Paule Marshall | 2009 lifetime Achievement" 2778:21st-century African-American women writers 2753:20th-century African-American women writers 791:Wainwright, Mary Katherine (May 29, 2018), 177:Marshall was born Valenza Pauline Burke in 979: 965: 785: 29: 2793:21st-century American short story writers 2768:20th-century American short story writers 635: 242:in 1961 and in the same year published 2735: 2783:21st-century African-American writers 2758:20th-century African-American writers 960: 947:"Voyage of a Girl Moored in Brooklyn" 636:Hoffman, Brian Gene (12 March 2008). 617:"Voyage of a Girl Moored in Brooklyn" 599:"Notes From the Book Review Archives" 537: 451:The Chosen Place, the Timeless People 260:The Chosen Place, the Timeless People 129:The Chosen Place, the Timeless People 2828:American people of Barbadian descent 2813:African-American short story writers 583:. "An Interview of Paule Marshall", 531: 2798:21st-century American women writers 2773:20th-century American women writers 614: 485:Merle: A Novella, and Other Stories 447:(four short novels; Atheneum, 1961) 364:in her later years. A biography by 13: 2838:American women short story writers 850:Italie, Hillel (August 16, 2019), 615:Lee, Felicia R. (March 11, 2009). 461:(The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1983) 294:University of California, Berkeley 172: 14: 2884: 909: 668: 290:Virginia Commonwealth University 248:National Institute of Arts Award 2788:21st-century American novelists 2763:20th-century American novelists 935:"Paule Marshall: Coming of Age" 888: 857: 844: 832: 809: 798: 773: 754: 360:on August 12, 2019, having had 329:Dos Passos Prize for Literature 274:(1983), the latter winning the 2858:Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty 780:The New York Times Book Review 702: 677: 671:"Postcolonial Studies @ Emory" 629: 608: 592: 574: 555: 1: 841:, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. 638:"Marshall, Paule (1929–2019)" 525: 250:. In 1965, she was chosen by 197:and subsequently enrolled in 147:Nourry Menard (married 1970s) 2337:Marianna De Marco Torgovnick 425:Resources in other libraries 401:Resources in other libraries 7: 2818:American Book Award winners 1996:Mill Hunk Herald Collective 782:, November 30, 1969, p. 24. 513:(Basic Civitas Books, 2009) 477:), with an introduction by 203:City University of New York 103:City University of New York 16:American writer (1929–2019) 10: 2889: 2808:African-American novelists 2803:African-American feminists 2393:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 354:Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 308:. In 1993 she received an 276:Before Columbus Foundation 265:New York Times Book Review 2848:Girls' High School alumni 2608: 2550:Allison Adelle Hedge Coke 2542: 2461: 2370: 2285: 2209: 2125: 2021: 1923: 1824:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison 1811: 1720: 1627: 1537: 1467: 1365: 1272: 1234:Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn 1201: 1117: 1046: 995: 817:Triangular Road: A Memoir 747:, Voices from the Gaps – 567:January 10, 2006, at the 543:"Paule Marshall obituary" 420:Resources in your library 396:Resources in your library 349:, was published in 2009. 141: 116: 108: 94: 86: 67: 37: 28: 21: 2833:American women novelists 1783:Josephine Gattuso Hendin 589:28, no. 1 (Winter 1992). 517: 466:Praisesong for the Widow 444:Soul Clap Hands and Sing 375: 271:Praisesong for the Widow 244:Soul Clap Hands and Sing 134:Praisesong for the Widow 2843:Brooklyn College alumni 1610:Septima Poinsette Clark 1600:Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum 821:, Basic Civitas Books. 793:"Marshall, Paule 1929–" 749:University of Minnesota 697:Oxford University Press 458:Reena and Other Stories 436:Brown Girl, Brownstones 340:Brooklyn Botanic Garden 333:New York Public Library 232:Brown Girl, Brownstones 220:Brown Girl, Brownstones 207:Bachelor of Arts degree 162:Brown Girl, Brownstones 124:Brown Girl, Brownstones 1219:Evangelina Vigil-Piñón 298:Iowa Writers' Workshop 254:to accompany him on a 2873:Writers from Brooklyn 2853:Hunter College alumni 2054:JosĂ© Antonio Burciaga 2029:A'Lelia Perry Bundles 2001:Nora Marks Dauenhauer 1319:Mei-mei Berssenbrugge 1183:Ronald Phillip Tanaka 1023:Mei-mei Berssenbrugge 870:Yale University Press 562:"Paule Marshall" page 372:, is in preparation. 370:Yale University Press 368:, to be published by 366:Mary Helen Washington 240:Guggenheim Fellowship 42:Valenza Pauline Burke 2636:E. Donald Two-Rivers 2509:Shirley Geok-lin Lim 2484:Guillermo GĂłmez-Peña 2171:Francisco X. AlarcĂłn 2039:Benjamin Alire Sáenz 1907:Shirley Geok-lin Lim 1868:JosĂ© Emilio González 1803:William Minoru Hohri 1773:J. California Cooper 1614:Cynthia Stokes Brown 1434:Robert Edward Duncan 1342:Ellen Lai-shan Yeung 1064:Bienvenido N. Santos 988:American Book Awards 699:, USA, 2009, p. 263. 487:(Virago Press, 1985) 327:and a winner of the 238:Marshall received a 195:Bushwick High School 188:Paul Laurence Dunbar 167:MacArthur Fellowship 2868:Novelists from Iowa 2237:Janet Campbell Hale 1976:Karen Tei Yamashita 1888:Michelle T. 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Brooklyn
New York City
Richmond, Virginia
Hunter College
City University of New York
Brown Girl, Brownstones
Praisesong for the Widow
debut novel
Brown Girl, Brownstones
MacArthur Fellowship
Brooklyn
Barbados
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bushwick High School
Hunter College
City University of New York
Bachelor of Arts degree
Brooklyn College
Brown Girl, Brownstones
Haitian
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Institute of Arts Award
Langston Hughes
State Department
New York Times Book Review
Praisesong for the Widow
Before Columbus Foundation
American Book Award
Opal Palmer Adisa

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