Davis, Thulani

LC control no.	n 84048237
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3554.A93779
Personal name heading	Davis, Thulani *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1948-05-22
Place of birth	Hampton (Va.)
Field of activity	Fiction College teaching Book reviewing Novels
Affiliation	Barnard College Columbia University University of Pennsylvania New York University Village voice (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Buddhist Association (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupation	Authors Novelists Poets Lyricists College teachers
Found in	Playing the changes, c1985: CIP t.p. (Thulani Davis) All the renegade ghosts rise, c1978: t.p. (Thulani N. Davis) cover p. 4 (b. 1949, Hampton, Va.) African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Davis, Thulani; poet, performance artist, educator, print journalist; born 22 May 1948 in Hampton, Virginia, United States; she received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College (1970), did graduate work at both Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania; by the age of twenty she was publishing and performing her poetry; was a member of a group called the Third World Artists Collective in San Francisco; moved back to New York City in the late 1970s and worked at the Village Voice as a proofreader, writer, and editor (1979-1990); moving comfortably between genres was Davis's hallmark as a writer, she began composing lyrics and librettos; in the 1980s founded the Brooklyn Buddhist Association with her husband; they continued their musical collaborations through their Buddhist practice, and Davis led several Buddhist meditation groups in response to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001; she taught writing at Barnard College and New York University and regularly published book reviews)
Associated language	eng
Invalid LCCN	no2007150083