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Pearl Cleage

Biography

Pearl Cleage

Pearl Cleage is the author of MAD AT MILES: A Black Woman's Guide to Truth and Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot. An accomplished Playwright, she teaches playwriting at Spelman College, is a cofounder of the literary magazine Catalyst and writes a column for the Atlanta Tribune. Her first novel, WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY, was Oprah book of the month. Ms. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband.

Pearl Cleage