Thulani Davis

About

Playwright and poet who is recognized for having written Where the Mississippi Meets the Amazon and Shadow & Veil, the latter being a collaboration with Ntozake Shange, Jessica Hagedorn and Laurie Carlos. In 1992, she won a Grammy Award for her album notes on Aretha Franklin's Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings.

Before Fame

She went to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

Trivia

She co-wrote the 1986 opera X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X.

Family Life

She is the cousin of composer Anthony Davis.

Associated With

She wrote an obituary for June Jordan.