Stephanie Mwandishi Gadlin wins Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head fiction prize. (Awards Spotlight).Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. writer and media activist Stephanie Mwandishi Gadlin received the Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head fiction prize for her short story "Weekend Satchmo" a story set in 1926 about a 13-year-old boy who longs to be a jazz musician For the popular-music magazine, see . “Instrumentalist” redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. like his hero Louis Armstrong. Dr. Haki Madhubuti, founder of Third World Press, presented Gadlin the award during the 11th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an African American poet. Biography Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas to Keziah Wims Brooks and David Anderson Brooks. Writers Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing held at Chicago State University in September. Gadlin is founder and creative director of The Nommo Gathering, a black writers collective in Chicago. Currently, Gadlin is completing a short story collection entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: Tough, Tender & Trepid, and a mystery novel, Tomorrow We Breathe Again. |
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