Nancy Rawles

Nancy Rawles is an American playwright, novelist, and teacher. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.

Life

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Rawles grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. Rawles studied play writing in Chicago with Linda Walsh Jenkins and Steven Carter. She later studied with C. Bernard Jackson of the Los Angeles (Inner City) Cultural Center and Valerie Curtis Newton of The Hansberry Project. She is a contributor to the Female Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University under the direction of Bernadette Brooten, Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies.[1]

Awards

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In 2005, Booklist included My Jim on their list of year's the best "Adult Books for Young Adults".[2]

In 2007, Rawles received an Artist Trust Fellowship in Fiction.[citation needed]

Awards for Rawles's writing
Year Work Award Result Ref.
2009 My Jim Seattle Reads [citation needed]
1998 Love Like Gumbo American Book Award Winner [citation needed]
1998 Washington State Governor's Writers Award [citation needed]
2000 Astraea Foundation, Claire of the Moon Award for Fiction [citation needed]
2006 My Jim Alex Awards Winner [3][4]
2006 My Jim Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction Winner [5][6]

Works

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Novels

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  • Love Like Gumbo. Fjord Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-940242-75-3.
  • Crawfish Dreams. Random House, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-0-385-50418-8.
  • My Jim. Crown Publishers. 2005. ISBN 978-1-4000-5400-8.

Criticism

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  • Rawles, Nancy (July 10, 2005). "Chains of Madness". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 19, 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "Nancy Rawles | Beyond Slavery | Feminist Sexual Ethics Project | Brandeis University | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  2. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2005". Booklist. 2006-01-01. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ "2006 Alex Awards". Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  4. ^ "Alex Awards: 2006". Booklist. 2006-03-01. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  5. ^ "Awards: Goncourt, Hurston/Wright, Thurber". Shelf Awareness. 2006-11-07. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  6. ^ "The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award". African American Literature Book Club. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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