![]() ![]() ![]() Jones won the 2018 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press, and she is the 2019 winner of the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from St. ![]() “I wanted to try to write more about my experiences, specifically as a woman, and specifically as a Black woman in the southern United States,” she said. Three days after her virtual visit to campus, Jones appeared on Good Morning America to promote her new book, the title of which comes from “Reparations Now, Reparations Tomorrow, Reparations Forever!,” a poem which appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of Washington and Lee’s Shenandoah Magazine.įor Jones, addressing her identity as a Black woman in the South is vital to her art. Jones, recent guest editor Poetry Magazine, has been featured on CNN and the New York Times. Jones, Poet Laureate of the state of Alabama (2022-2026) and author of the 2021 poetry collection “Reparations Now!,” spoke with students in Professor Lesley Wheeler’s protest poetry class on the importance of writing in healing personal and societal wounds. ![]()
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