Shockley, Ann Allen

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SHOCKLEY, Ann Allen

SHOCKLEY, Ann Allen. American, b. 1927. Genres: Novels, Novellas/ Short stories, Librarianship. Career: Associate Librarian for Special Collections and University Archivist, Fisk University, Nashville (formerly Associate Librarian for Public Services) Associate Professor of Library Science, retired, 1998. Ed., American Library Association's Black Caucus Newsletter, 1972-74. Assistant Librarian, Delaware State College, 1959-60; Assistant Librarian, and subsequently Associate Librarian, and Curator of the Negro Collection, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, 1960-69. Publications: (ed. with S.P. Chandler) Living Black American Authors: A Biographical Directory, 1973; Loving Her (novel), 1974; (with E.J. Josey) Handbook of Black Librarianship, 1977; The Black and White of It (short stories), 1980; Say Jesus and Come to Me (novel), 1982; Afro-American Women Writers: An Anthology and Critical Guide, 1988. Address: 5975 Post Rd., Nashville, TN 37205, U.S.A.

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