August has been a rough month for us lovers of the word.
A couple of weeks ago, the great Toni Morrison took her place amongst the ancestors.
A few days ago, on August 12th, the incomparable Paule Marshall joined her.
Marshall holds a special place in my heart as a fellow native New Yorker!!
Although she is best known for her 1959 novel, Brown Girl, Brownstones, she also authored several other gorgeous works including Soul Clap Hands and Sing (1961), a collection of four novellas, and four other novels, The Chosen Place, The Timeless People (1969), my personal favorite, Praisesong for the Widow (1983), life changing!!!, Daughters (1991) and the Fisher King (2001). She also authored a collection of short stories, Reena and Other Stories (1983) as well as a combination, novella and short stories, Merle, A Novella and Other Stories (1985). Her memoir, Triangular Road, was published in 2009.
Her many accolades include being winner of the National Institute of Arts Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship Grant. She is also a Literary Lion with the New York Public Library.
Paule Marshall was also loved and will be deeply missed.
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