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Brer Rabbit and his tricks

(Rhymed versions of "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby," "Winni...)

Potato Talk

Brer Rabbit and His Tricks by Ennis Rees (1994-03-01)

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Gillygaloos and Gollywhoppers

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Ennis Rees

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Background

Rees was born in Newport News, Virginia, on March 17, 1925.

Education

He graduated from the College of William & Mary with an Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He then went on to obtain both his Master of Arts, in 1948, and Doctor of Philosophy, in 1951, from Harvard University. Degree, Rees became an English instructor at Duke University in 1949 while still pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard.

He remained at Duke until 1952 when he became an instructor at Princeton University from 1952 to 1954.

Career

He was named by Governor Richard Wilson Riley as the third South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1985. Early life and education In high school he participated in track and lettered in football, focusing more on athletics than academics. He was also student body vice president and his senior class vice president as well.

After graduating from Harvard with his Master of Arts He then began a long career at the University of South Carolina in 1954, eventually becoming a full professor in 1963.

He remained a professor at the university until his retirement in 1988. Poet laureateship Rees was named to be South Carolina"s third poet laureate by Governor Dick Riley in 1984.

Originally a life-time appointment, Riley changed the position some during his governorship and appointed Freeman to only a one-year term of office. Personal life Rees was married to the former Marion Lott.

They had three children.