Background
Hermine Pinson was born on July 20, 1953 in Beaumont, Texas, United States, in the family of Robert Bruce and Enid D. Harris.
Hermine Pinson was born on July 20, 1953 in Beaumont, Texas, United States, in the family of Robert Bruce and Enid D. Harris.
Hermine received Bachelor in English at Fisk University, Nashville, in 1975, then Master of Arts in English at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, in 1979. Finally she got Doctor of Philosophy in American Literature at Rice University, Houston, in 1991.
Hermine Pinson is a professor of African American literature at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in anthologies such as Common Bonds and KenteCloth. Pinson is the author of three collections of poetry, "Áshe", "Mama Yetta and Other Poems", and "Dolores is Blue/ Dolorez is Blues". She is also the author of a play, "Walk Together, Children".
On September 10, 1976, Hermine married a pretrial officer Donald Eugene Pinson.