... Gaines was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. He is the author of six novels including the widely acclaimed Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Gaines' fiction deals exclusively with life in rural black America, specifically in the fictional town of Bayonne, Louisiana. His work explores universal themes such ... Among his awards are the Joseph Henry Jackson award and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. Summary of plot Jane Pittman is born into slavery on a plantation somewhere in Louisiana. Jane is called "Ticey" during her days as a slave and has n...

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines is a great novel and one book that I will not soon forget. This book had a very inspiring and exciting story to tell. The story ... the tone for the entire book. The author of this book, Ernest Gaines, was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was published in 1972 and was written during the prime of his writing career because his first short story was published in 1956. The fact that this story was ... many blacks in this story. Although they have been oppressed, they continue to ris...

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... and Juliet tragedy. In 1968 he wrote Bloodline of five short stories, one of which The Sky Is Gray became a PBS film. In 1971 he wrote the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, made by CBS into the Emmy Awards winning television film starring Cicely Tyson. In 1971 he wrote A Long Day In November about the rites of passage between young and old ... a forbidden romance. The novel is about a young black man bonded out of prison by a white landowner and placed under supervision. Gaines search is for human dignity. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is well over one hundred years old lady ...

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