1. Hettie Jones wrote 23 books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including The Trees Stand Shining and Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music.
10 Facts About Hettie Jones
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Hettie Jones was born Hettie Cohen on June 15,1934, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family.
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Hettie Jones entered Mary Washington College in Virginia in 1952.
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In 1999, Hettie Jones won the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award for her first volume of poetry titled Drive.
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Hettie Jones was a longtime editor and taught poetry, fiction, and memoir at many universities, including Penn State University, NYU, the 92nd Street Y, University of Wyoming, and Parsons School of Design.
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Hettie Jones was a former chair of the PEN Prison Writing Committee, and from 1989 to 2002 she ran a writing workshop at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.
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Hettie Jones co-authored a memoir for Rita Marley, widow of Bob Marley.
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Hettie Jones resided in the same East Village apartment at 27 Cooper Square that she and LeRoi moved into in 1962.
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Hettie Jones successfully spearheaded a campaign in 2005 to save her apartment building when it was to be demolished to build a hotel.
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Hettie Jones died in Philadelphia on August 13,2024, at the age of 90.