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T. Geronimo Johnson. T. Geronimo Johnson is an American filmmaker and novelist. His debut novel, Hold It 'Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. His sophomore novel, Welcome to Braggsville, won the 2015 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, the 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for ...
22 de mai. de 2024 · About the Center. The Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is an international center for scholarship on Ernest Gaines and his work. The center honors the work of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Writer-in-Residence Emeritus and provides a space for scholars and students to work with the ...
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22 de mai. de 2024 · A Guide to the Ernest J. Gaines Center. In My Father's House. Background information: Gaines has stated that Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons impacted his writing and the novel In My Father's House. At the Academy of Achievement, Gaines talks about the influence of Turgenev's novel on his own writing.
Há 6 dias · Ernest J. Gaines: The Tragedy of Brady Sims: Nominee Peter Kimani: Dance of the Jakaranda: Nominee 2019 Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner Wayétu Moore: She Would Be King: Finalist Jamel Brinkley: A Lucky Man: Finalist Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black: Nominee David Chariandy: Brother: Nominee Esi Edugyan
Há 5 dias · I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would at onset. I’m always in awe of the ancestors who were able to take the very real experiences they lived through and use their imagination to reframe traumas and history in order to imagine a new, better, and broader world.
22 de mai. de 2024 · In numerous interviews and speeches, Ernest Gaines mentions that part of the inspiration for Of Love and Dust came from a song by Lightnin' Hopkins entitled "Tim Moore's Farm." In 1969, Gaines said, in regards to writing the novel, "I was listening to one of Lightnin' Hopkins records one day entitled 'Mr. Tim Moore's Farm.' . . .
21 de mai. de 2024 · The application period for the 18th annual Gaines Award is now open. Please find details available at ernestjgainesaward.org/criteria. About Ernest Gaines: Literary legend Ernest J. Gaines was a native of Oscar in Louisiana’s Pointe Coupee Parish which served as the setting for many of his novels.
