M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A

A. Van Jordan, born in Akron, Ohio, received his MFA from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. His first book, Rise, won the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award and was a selection of the Academy of American Poets book club. "I came across MacNolia's story," Jordan says, "while researching the lifestyles of African Americans in Ohio during the '20s and '30s. Her singular story seemed to embody that era." A. Van Jordan is an assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina at GreensboroJordan, A. Van is the author of 'M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A', published 2004 under ISBN 9780393059076 and ISBN 0393059073.