Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Sherley Anne Williams
Born: August 25, 1944
Died: July 6, 1999 (aged 54)
Bio: Sherley Anne Williams was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, Jazz poet, and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community.
Known for:
- Working Cotton (1992)
- The peacock poems (1975)
- Girls together (1999)
- Some one sweet angel chile (1982)
- Give birth to brightness (1972)