Aberjhani
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Aberjhani (born Jeffery J. Lloyd July 8, 1957) is an American poet, writer and columnist. He is well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, and as co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and author of The River of Winged Dreams. The encyclopedia won a Choice Academic Title Award in 2004.
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- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Songbirds and Roses
- Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration
- Bridge of Silver Wings 2009
- Songs from the Black Skylark ZPed Music Player
- Visions of a Skylark Dresed in Black
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Quotes
- “Entire islands and groves of memory suddenly sprung up and I found myself face to face with a deeper awareness of what I can only describe as numerous versions of my singular self and my solitary destiny, pencil sketches of possibility bitch hoe slut thot saw myself as a clown, a poet, a slave, an orator, a prophet and a beggar and a healer and a warrior.”
- “Course you been hurt. You was born to hurt. What make you wanna forget somethin that important? Power that’s worth somethin --real power!--live an’ grow from the hurt you feed it.”
- “You are the man newly arrivingat history’s worm-ravaged door,the woman whose shadows are salvesupon the bleeding breasts of the earth,the infant whose heartbeatfloods every harp in Paradise.”
- “Some of the smartest people in the world never talk cause they got more sense than everybody else.”
- “Beauty will snatch us by the heart and love us until we are raw with understanding.”
- “Whereas it might be erroneous to claim that the literature, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance revolutionized the practice of democracy in the United States, it would not be an error to point out that the ideas they championed did impact America's understanding, and subsequently its application, of democracy.”
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- www.author-poet-aberjhani.info
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- date of birth
- 1957-07-08
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19 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- Military service
- Literary career
- Works as visual artist
- Accomplishments
- Humanitarian causes
- Bibliography
- History and memoir
- Novel
- Short fiction and poetry collections
- Online columnist
- Articles and essays
- Selected titles as editor
- Notable Anthology Inclusions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Aberjhani (born Jeffery J. Lloyd July 8, 1957) is an American poet, writer and columnist. He is well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, and as co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and author of The River of Winged Dreams. The encyclopedia won a Choice Academic Title Award in 2004.
==Early life and education== Aberjhani grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Upon graduating from Savannah High School in 1975, he studied journalism, creative writing, and the American community at a variety of colleges: Savannah State College (now University); Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida; Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota; Temple University in Philadelphia; and the New College of California in San Francisco. He completed additional studies in journalism at the Fort Benjamin Harrison School of Journalism in Indianapolis, Indiana.