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Tulane University; Louisiana State University.
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Dede Wilson
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She has published short stories, essays, four books of poetry, and a family memoir. Her fourth book of poetry, has also been produced as a one-woman show. Wilson has published stories and poems in many literary journals including Poet Lore, Tar River Poetry, The South Carolina Review, New Orleans Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, The Asheville Poetry Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, Cave Wall, Nimrod, and The Cream City Review.
Her first book Glass was a finalist in the Persephone Press Competition.
Dede Wilson was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. In 1960, she moved to Dallas, Texas, where she was Travel Editor of the now-defunct Dallas Times Herald.
She did her undergraduate work at Newcomb College of Tulane University from 1955 to 1957 and then transferred to Louisiana State University where she graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Surgery in journalism. Dede Wilson is the mother of sons Editor Wilson and Dave Wilson, the latter lead singer/songwriter for the American bluegrass musical group Chatham County Lincolnshire.
In 1998 Wilson wrote a memoir, using her mother"s research, that includes the story of her fascinating ancestor.
But the story continued to haunt her, and in 2010 she based her fourth book of poetry on Eliza"s life and called it Participant history, part fiction, blending poetry and narrative, the book caused the Charlotte Observer"s reading life editor Pam Kelley to say, "Here"s a sentiment you don"t often hear: I picked up a new poetry book and couldn"t put it down". The story has also been adapted for the stage. lieutenant was first performed as a one-woman show in the Flex Theatre at Jackson Academy in Jackson, Mississippi in April 2011.
The show subsequently opened at the Carolina Actors Studio Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina in May 2012.
