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Norman Loftis (born 1943) is an American poet, novelist and filmmaker, whose work has focused on the African-American experience, including his own upbringing in Chicago's South Side.

Works

Born in Chicago, Loftis graduated from Fisk University and earned graduate degrees from Columbia University. His first book of poems, Exiles and Voyages, was published in 1970 and was dedicated, "To my first friend, W.H. Auden.”

A later work, Black Anima, was published in 1973 by Liveright and describes an odyssey "from the Alamac Hotel on Upper Broadway through the underground of contemporary Europe to Queen Nefertiti's Egypt and back in search of black identity."

His films include Small Time (1990), which records lives of petty crime among young black men. His film Messenger (1994) tells the story of a bicycle courier in Manhattan. It is considered to be a remake of Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves.

References

1. "Book Description by W.W. Norton & Company".
2. Spirit and Flame: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry. Syracuse University Press. 1997. p. 131. norman loftis filmmaking.
3. Mendelson, Edward (March 20, 2014). "The Secret Auden". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved April 8, 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
4. "Book Description by W.W. Norton & Company".
5. Gerstel, Judy (February 27, 1992). "Black Filmmakers Debate Images Movies Project". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
6. Kehr, Dave (October 20, 1995). "'Messenger' Delivers Stark Film Captures 1995 New York". The Daily News. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
7. Rooney, David (June 27, 1994). "Messenger". Variety. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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