as a teacher of writing she served as a member of the faculty's of the university, virginia commonwealth university, johns hopkins university. and the hurston right foundation, received many awards including the writers award presented by bob noble, poetry writers award and fiction award for a novel awarded by the black caucus of the american library association. marissa goldman lives in washington dc. next to hers jacqueline jones, a poet and prose writer with two connections of poetry, loved, seen, prized poetry collection and gravity usa which received the poetry series book award and she has the book, the legend of clarence thomas which won prize and have a similar role that was published by brandon valentine and work has appeared in a variety of publications. i won't mention them all, and other journals, she was noted by the naacp, and received many fellowships from foundation, the fine arts workcenter and the center of african-american fiction and graduated from montpelier college and the school of law. there are various legal issues that might say so. in bloomington, she grew up in brooklyn,