JO EVANS LYNN, a native of Greensboro, N.C., taught nearly every
grade level and every form of English/language arts during her 37
years in education. She graduated from James B. Dudley High School
in 1967 and from Shaw University in 1970. She also received a
Masters Degree in Reading Education from North Carolina A&T
State University. She began her teaching career teaching middle
school in Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia in 1972, but spent most of
the early years of her teaching career in the Alamance County
Schools teaching Title I Reading at Clover Garden Elementary School
(9 years) and Reading Competency/College Prep English at Eastern
Alamance High School (5 years). In 1987, she transferred and
continued teaching Title I Reading, English, Journalism, Drama, and
Speech & Debate at various high schools in the Greensboro City
& Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, North Carolina
(Grimsley Senior High School-10 years, James B. Dudley Senior High
School-8 years, & GTCC Early/Middle College at Jamestown -2
years).
Her diverse experiences as a language arts teacher reinforced
her belief that even fiction should be based on real life
experiences. In all of her books, the reader shares her experiences
during the 1950s & 1960s as an African-American child growing
up on the "Colored" side of town in the segregated South and as a
teen searching for a place in the world around her in which the
rules of life and social order are changing almost daily. Although
her subjects are sometimes both serious and controversial, her
sense of humor and spiritual faith always shine through as she
"speaks" to her readers about the realities of growing up poor and
as the second eldest of seven children. She is the divorced mother
of three adult children- Janel L. Johnson, Clyde Lynn, III, and
Gloria A. Lynn.
General
Imprint: |
Westbow Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
First published: |
July 2011 |
Authors: |
Jo Evans Lynn
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
|
Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4497-1952-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4497-1952-X |
Barcode: |
9781449719524 |
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