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Sapphire, 1950-

LC control no.n 92089109
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3569.A63
Personal name headingSapphire, 1950-
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Variant(s)Lofton, Ramona, 1950-
ספייר, 1950-
Other standard no.Q461075
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Biography/History noteSapphire is an African American novelist and poet.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1950-08-04
Place of birthMonterey (Calif.)
AffiliationBrooklyn College
NAPS (Performance group) Davis Center for the Performing Arts
Profession or occupationPoets Novelists Performance artists Human rights workers
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inKeep simple ceremonies, c1992: CIP t.p. (Sapphire) data sheet (b. 6/6/1950)
Plain dealer, 7/6/96: p. 12-E (Sapphire, also known as Ramona Lofton; author of Push, a novel by the poet Sapphire)
Contemp. lesbian writers of the US, 1993: p. 503 (Sapphire (Ramona Lofton), born August 4, 1950, Fort Ord, Calif.) p. 504 (presently a full-time teacher in a literary program in the Bronx)
African American National Biography, accessed September 12, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Sapphire; Ramona Lofton; poet, fiction writer, performance artist, women rights advocate; born 04 August 1950 in Fort Ord military base near Monterey, California, US; enrolled in San Francisco City College as a premed student (1973); performed her own poetry (1970s); follower of the New Age movement; legally changed her name to Sapphire; worked as stripper; had her first publication in Azalea: a magazine by and for third world lesbians (1977); co-created NAPS, the first known black lesbian performing group in the United States (1977); bachelor of fine arts degree, Davis Center for the Performing Arts (1983); MFA in Modern Dance, Brooklyn College (1993))
Wilson, Mark (interviewer). MELUS37, no. 4 (2012), "A Push out of Chaos: An Interview with Sapphire": page 38 ([We] as African Americans are not exempt from the worst that people can be or the best that they can be.)
   <http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42001185.pdf>
Associated languageeng