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Alexs D Pate
Alexs D Pate
patex003@umn.edu
Department Affiliations
African American & African Studies
Education & Background
Publications & Professional Experience
Specialties
poetry
hip hop
literature
fiction of african-american men
Publications
Amistad
. Pate, Alexs, based on the screenplay by David Franzoni, New York: Signet, 1997.
Finding Makeba
. Pate, Alexs, New York: Putnam, 1996.
Losing Absalom
. Pate, Alexs, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1994.
The multicultiboho sideshow
. Pate, Alexs, New York: Bard, 1999.
West of Rehoboth
. Pate, Alexs, New York: William Morrow, 2001.
Contemporary African American Literature: Anywhere The Wind Blows
. Pate, Alexs, 1996.
Innocent
. Pate, Alexs, Princeton, NJ: Kutenai Press, 1998.
Creative Activities
Collaboration with Asian American poet David Mura, "Out There," Walker Art Center: 1994
Co-writer with David Mura, Slowly This, a short feature film directed by Arthur Jafa, PBS
"Merry Christmas, Tamyra," National Public Radio's All Things Considered: 2002
Awards
Honor Fiction Book, Black Caucus of the American Library Association for West of Rehoboth, 2002
"Achiever Who Will Lead The Next Generation" in the area of literature, USA Today/Weekend, 2002
Minnesota Book Award for Losing Absalom, 1995
Best First Novel, Black Caucus of the American Library Association for Losing Absalom, 1995
Minnesota Book Award for Multicultiboho Sideshow, 2000
Courses Taught
Afro 3112 - In the Heart of the Beat: the Poetry of Rap
Afro 5910 - Topics in African American and African Studies
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