Gloria OdenGloria Oden was born in Yonkers, New York on October 30, 1923. She is a graduate of Howard University (1944) and its law school (1948). She taught at the New School for Social Research (1966), University of Maryland-Baltimore (1971-1996). Before she ook up academic life, Oden worked as an editor of technical magazines, scientific and language arts books (1961-1972). Her poetry has been published in various periodicals and is anthologized in Robert Hayden's Kaleidoscope: Poems by American Negro Poets (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967). She is the author of The Naked Frame, A Love Poem and Sonnets (Exposition Press, 1952), and three collections of poetry: Resurrections (Olivant Press, 1978); The Tie That Binds (Olivant Press, 1980), Appearances (SARU, 2003). Oden lives in Cantonsville, Maryland. [Source: Personal communication with Gloria Oden] Read More Read Less