Ocupation: Author
Life: b. January 15, 1933
Birthday: January 15
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.
source: Ernest J. Gaines (2007). “Mozart and Leadbelly”, p.27, Vintage
topic: Reading, Writing, People, Lester Young, Reading Novels, Understatement