Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Aldon Lynn Nielsen is an American poet, and literary critic.Life
He was raised in the District of Columbia, where he graduated from the Federal City College and from the George Washington University, with a Ph.D.
He taught at Howard University, San Jose State University, the University of California, Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University. He is the George and Barbara Kelly Professor of American Literature in the Pennsylvania State University.
He lives in Pennsylvania and California, where his wife, Anna Everett, teaches at U.C. Santa Barbara. Nielsen loves to wear hats and owns several tablets.Awards
Poetry
- Heat Strings
- Evacuation Routes, Score, 1994
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Criticism
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- Writing between the Lines
- Integral Music: Languages of African American Innovation
As Editor
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