Voicing African Voices

Author

Loretta Burns

Loretta Burns is professor of English and department head at Tuskegee University. An Alabama native, she received her bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee, her M.A. from Ohio State University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She has also studied at Columbia University and the Sorbonne and conducted research at Harvard and Yale Universities. She has held faculty positions at Fisk University, the University of Florida, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Literature Poetry

Campground

by Loretta Burns

Through poetry and fiction that engage the reader’s heart and mind, Loretta Burns explores the beauties, perils, and mysteries of day to day life.…

Literature Poetry

My Brother, My Sister

by Bill F. Ndi and Loretta Burns

The fiery passion and epigrammatic terseness with which Loretta Burns re-enacts her experiences and observations as an African American woman in contemporary America reveal…

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