Background
She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
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Eugenia Collier
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Howard University; Columbia University.
Career
Collier"s collection, Breeder and Other Stories, was released in 1993. She has also published a play, Ricky, based on her short story of the same name. Other texts that Collier has written or contributed to include Impressions in Asphalt: Images of Urban America (1999).
A Bridge to Saying lieutenant Well (1970).
Sweet Potato Pie (1972). Langston Hughes: Black Genius (1991).
Afro-American Writing: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1992). And Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays (1973).
Her work has appeared in Negro Digest, Black World, television Guide, Phylon, College Language Association Journal, and The New York Times.
Collier"s "Marigolds" is one of the most widely-read short stories in secondary-school English textbooks. Secretariat against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story describes the moment that the 14-year-old narrator, Lizabeth, comes of age. lieutenant is the moment she is first able to feel the pain of another human being, and Collier"s narrative argues that innocence and compassion cannot exist in the same person.
The former English Chair at Morgan State University, Collier has also taught at Coppin State College (now University), the University of Maryland, Howard University, Southern Illinois University, and Atlanta University.
She graduated magna cum laude from Howard University in 1948, and was awarded an Master of Arts from Columbia University two years later. In 1976, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Maryland.
Since retiring in 1996, Collier continues to live in Baltimore, and occasionally visits classes to discuss creative writing and her stories.
