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African American Project

Published on Feb 11, 2016

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African American Project

By: Dhruvi U. Kelley C. Sara K.

Who We Chose

The African American Poet we chose is Terrance Hayes.

He was born on November 18, 1971. He went to Coker College and the University of Pittsburg. He likes to write poems in his freetime when he is not teaching. He writes poems and we write poems.

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He as written 4 poetry collections. We chose to tell you this fact because if you are studying him you will need to know this. He is a professor at the University of Pittsburg. We chose to tell you this fact because it is an important if want to go to the University of Pittsburg.

His 2010 collection Lighthead, won the National Book Award For Poetry in 2010.We chose to tell you this fact because this is really cool award especially if you win this award. He lives in Pittsburg with his family.We chose this fact because you might want to visit him one day when you grow up.

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He was born Columbia, S.C. We chose this fact because it is an important fact about this poet.

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Terrance Hayes has earned many accomplishments in his life. He's earned many degrees and awards. Here is a list of degrees he's earned.

He overcomes this obsticle by continueing to write.
Some of the hardships that he has confronted in his poems are racism, religion, family structure, and stereotypes.