She was 40 years old Délana was a friend of garlia's and around during blackboard's inception. Dameron is a black southern writer and the author of weary kingdom (2017), a palmetto poetry series book edited by nikky finney, and how god ends us (2009), both from the university of south carolina press. Dameron is a black southern equestrian and an artist whose primary medium is storytelling Her debut work of fiction redwood court was a nyt editor's choice and a reese's book club pick She is the author of two books of poetry how god ends us and weary kingdom.
I am so saddened to learn of the recent passing of delana r.a Dameron, a fellow reese’s book club pick author We met at the shine away conference last year and from the moment we met, i knew she was special.
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