ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lola Jones Amis, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, now teaches English at the Forest Park High School, Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B. S. degree in English Education at Hampton Institute, Virginia, and her M. A. degree in the humanities from the Johns Hopkins University. She has published a book of plays, THREE PLAYS, 1965; has recently completed two more plays, "The Deal," a play about usury, and "The New Nigger or Who's Afraid of William Faulkner," a satire on the civil rights movement. She is currently writing a novel, SEVEN MEN IN SEARCH OF A REASON. Mrs. Amis was one of forty-five teachers chosen from throughout the United States to be granted a National Defense Act Fellowship to study advanced composition at the University of Maryland during the summer of 1965. She was also awarded an honorary citation for her work in the drama by the Arena Players of Baltimore in 1966 and one of her poems, "I Don't Care" has been chosen as "one of the small number selected from almost nine thousand mms. submitted by teachers, instructors, professors and librarians in more than eight thousand high schools and universities" for publication in the National Poetry Press, Los Angeles, California. Mrs. Amis, a divorced mother, has three daughters: Brenda, Regina and Sharon.

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I received your card, and you're certainly welcome, Mr. Hughes. I have always admired your writings, too. In fact, I read some of your poetry to my senior class just yesterday. And I remember when you came to Hampton Institute and read your poetry to us my freshman year there. (smiles)