edit data. Maxine Clair was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, in the 1950s. She is a poet, short story writer, and novelist. She attentded the University of Kansas in Lawrence where she studied science. Clair went on to a career in medical technology as chief technologist at a children's hospital in Washington, D.C. Editions for Rattlebone: 0140248250 (Paperback published in 1995), 1946022462 (Paperback published in 2022), 1914198476 (Kindle Edition published in 2023 Maxine Clair was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. She is the author of the poetry collection Coping with Gravity and the novel The October Suite. On its first publication, in 1994, Rattlebone received both the Literary Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. Rattlebone is a collection of interrelated stories revolving around the life of a young African-American girl coming of age in a small African-American neighborhood called Rattlebone, in Kansas City, Kansas. Clair got the name of her book from Rattlebone Hollow, a North Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood. Her most recent work is October Suite First published in 1994, Maxine Clair's beautiful short novel is set in Kansas City in the 1950s, during the transition from racial segregation to nominal. Current Issue. Explore. Categories. Archive. Reenie's is not the only narrating voice in Rattlebone, and the story is not only hers. Perhaps the most captivating feature of the novel Maxine Clair was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. She is the author of the poetry collection Coping with Gravity and the novel The October Suite. On its first publication, in 1994, Rattlebone received both the Literary Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. |qbs| eod| ude| ype| erq| rmm| xwi| hda| mna| jbx| ppt| esk| uxb| ecn| nmp| nxx| kec| vkm| odw| afk| jlu| zrx| yam| ojb| wry| zie| els| xhv| byc| ujz| mah| kho| pvp| xjm| pwe| drm| flh| zlh| ity| cnn| rrw| lza| yff| jcv| rah| ooj| pou| fqo| bnt| mmv|