Michael S Harper
1938 - 2016
General Information
Bio
(1938-2016) Poet. Michael S. Harper was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Full Name
Michael S Harper
Locations
Kings
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Mr. Harper grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York.
1938
BIRTH
Michael Steven Harper was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 18, 1938.
1970
LITWORK
Dear John, Dear Coltrane
University of Pittsburgh Press
Collection of poetry nominated for a National Book Award.
University of Pittsburgh Press
Collection of poetry nominated for a National Book Award.
1971
LITWORK
History Is Your Own Heartbeat
University of Illinois Press
0252001443 / 978-0252001444
Collection of poetry; winner of Poetry Award of the Black Academy of Letters.
University of Illinois Press
0252001443 / 978-0252001444
Collection of poetry; winner of Poetry Award of the Black Academy of Letters.
1972
LITWORK
Photographs, Negatives: History As Apple Tree
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1972
LITWORK
Song: I Want A Witness
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Collection of poetry.
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Collection of poetry.
1973
LITWORK
Debridement
Doubleday
0385004818 / 978-0385004817
Collection of poetry.
Doubleday
0385004818 / 978-0385004817
Collection of poetry.
1974
LITWORK
Nightmare Begins Responsibility
University of Illinois Press
0252004663 / 978-0252004667
Collection of poetry.
University of Illinois Press
0252004663 / 978-0252004667
Collection of poetry.
1977
LITWORK
Images Of Kin
University of Illinois Press
0252006062 / 978-0252006067
Collection of poetry; finalist for the National Book Award in 1978 and winner of the Poetry Society of America's Melville-Cane Award.
University of Illinois Press
0252006062 / 978-0252006067
Collection of poetry; finalist for the National Book Award in 1978 and winner of the Poetry Society of America's Melville-Cane Award.
1995
LITWORK
Honorable Amendments
University of Illinois Press
0252021436 / 978-0252021435
Collection of poetry.
University of Illinois Press
0252021436 / 978-0252021435
Collection of poetry.
2000
LITWORK
Songlines in Michaeltree
University of Illinois Press
0252021444 / 978-0252021442
Collection of poetry.
University of Illinois Press
0252021444 / 978-0252021442
Collection of poetry.
2009
LITWORK
Use Trouble
University of Illinois Press
0252033507 / 978-0252033506
Collection of poetry.
University of Illinois Press
0252033507 / 978-0252033506
Collection of poetry.
2016
DEATH
Michael S. Harper died on May 7, 2016.
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