Danzy Senna | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54)[1] Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, professor |
| Education | Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts Brookline High School Stanford University (BA) University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
| Employer | University of Southern California |
| Notable works | Caucasia (1998) |
| Notable awards | Dos Passos Prize (2017) |
| Spouse | Percival Everett |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Fanny Howe and Carl Senna |
Danzy Senna (born September 13, 1970) is an American novelist and essayist. She is the author of six books and numerous essays about race, gender and American identity, including Caucasia (1998), Symptomatic (2003), New People (2017), and most recently Colored Television (2024). Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Vogue, and The New York Times.[2][3] She is a professor of English at the University of Southern California.[4]
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cbcwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Senna, Danzy (November 11, 2013). "Bringing Down Bébé: How One Mother Mistakenly Hoped a Year in Paris Would Transform Her Sons". Vogue. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Senna, Danzy (May 7, 2015). "'Oreo' by Fran Ross Is an Overlooked Classic About Race". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Danzy Senna > Ph.D. in Creative Writing & Literature > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsife.usc.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2018.