Background
Mrs. Davenport was born in Moline, Illinois, United States, on January 1, 1917. She was raised in Hollywood, California.
(An eclectic collection of new poetry including an innovat...)
An eclectic collection of new poetry including an innovative "text-in-body" section. Topics range from the highly controversial and political (as well as disturbingly, intimately personal) to the softly humorous and quietly meditative. To be performed and / or not. Illustrations & b/w photographs (by author).
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(Poetry collection)
Poetry collection
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(In her enchanting poem sequence, Doris Davenport introduc...)
In her enchanting poem sequence, Doris Davenport introduces readers to Soque Street and its "Affrilacian" residents. These African Americans inhabiting an Appalachian community in northeast Georgia live in a world where magic threads daily life and the living and dead commingle. Ghosts, self-propelled caskets, and sensate trees are as natural as morning glories to these characters, who are at once eccentric and universal, peculiar and welcoming. Spoken in intersecting and overlapping monologues, the poems create a refreshing portrait of small-town life, with its mix of quotidian concerns and the larger experiences of love, passion, grief, jealousy, and madness. The story of Soque Street moves from voice to voice and through poetic forms with ease and confidence. Sometimes frightening, often funny, and always compelling and potent, Madness like Morning Glories is a major achievement by a poet of tremendous originality who possesses an intuition for the subtle secrets of language.
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(Poetry influenced by the vagaries of living in Los angele...)
Poetry influenced by the vagaries of living in Los angeles and mostly not liking it, of longing for home (Cornelia,Georgia) and of the "politics" of life in the '80's.
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Mrs. Davenport was born in Moline, Illinois, United States, on January 1, 1917. She was raised in Hollywood, California.
Doris Davenport started auditioning for acting roles, and performed in her first film in 1934, titled Kid Millions.
From 1934 to 1939, she appeared in only five films, supporting herself by working in New York City as a fashion model between films. However, when she auditioned under the screen name Doris Jordan for the role of Scarlett O'Hara, the lead role in the now classic Gone with the Wind, she did well enough to become one of the finalists for the role, but lost out to actress Vivien Leigh.
Despite not winning that major role, Mrs. Davenport impressed MGM executive Samuel Goldwyn. In 1940, he gave a lead role to Mrs. Davenport in the film The Westerner, starring opposite Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. That same year, she starred in the film Behind the News opposite Lloyd Nolan. It was her last role. With no other offers following that film, she soon retired from acting. She became a writer and poet.
According to David Ragan's "Who's Who In Hollywood", her career ended shortly after she had completed "The Westerner" due to a car crash in which her legs were crushed, so that for the remainder of her life she could not walk without the use of a cane.
She eventually settled in Santa Cruz, California, where she lived until her death on June 18, 1980, age 63.
(Poetry influenced by the vagaries of living in Los angele...)
(In her enchanting poem sequence, Doris Davenport introduc...)
(An eclectic collection of new poetry including an innovat...)
(Poetry collection)
