Great Regulars: [Pinkie Gordon Lane] authored eight books,

including four volumes of poetry. She has received numerous honors throughout her career, including: induction into the Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame; named Distinguished Professor at the University of Northern Iowa; and given the National Council of Teachers of English Image Award.

Her poem, "Lyric: I am Looking at Music," from one of her four volumes of poetry, Girl at the Window, was read aloud by actress Nia Long in the 1997 motion picture, Love Jones.

from E. Ethelbert Miller: E-Notes: Another death in our literary family . . .

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