Delores Phillips (26 September 1950 – 7 June 2014) was an American author who is known for her acclaimed

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, '' The Darkest Child'' (

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, 2005).

Bio

Born in Georgia, Phillips explores the racial dynamics of the 1950s

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in her book. She graduated from

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and worked as a nurse in a facility for abused women and children in Cleveland. Her poetry has appeared in ''Jean’s Journal'', ''Black Times'', and ''

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''. She died at the age of 63.

Publications

* '' The Darkest Child''.

, 2005. ** ''The Darkest Child''.

, 2018. (New Edition with introduction by

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.) * ''Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work'' (2023, posth.)

References

External links

SOHO Press Homepage''Clutch Magazine''
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