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Pearl Cleage is an African-American author whose work, both fiction and non-fiction, has been widely recognized. Her novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day was a 1998 Oprah’s Book Club selection. Cleage is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman. Cleage currently teaches drama at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Early life and career
Pearl Cleage was born in 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts where her father, the late civil rights activist Bishop Albert Cleage, preached. The family later moved to Detroit after backlash from the community due to his radical teachings. Cleage first attended Howard University, then moved to Atlanta to attend Spelman College in 1969, where she eventually graduated.

Later life
Cleage is married to Zaron W. Burnett, Jr. She has one daughter and two grandchildren. Cleage currently teaches drama at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She also speaks at colleges, universities, and conferences on topics including domestic violence, the citizen's role in a participatory democracy, and writing topics.

Novels

 * The Brass Bed and Other Stories (1991; ISBN 0883781271)
 * What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day  (1997; ISBN 038097584X)
 * I Wish I Had a Red Dress  (2001; ISBN 0694524182)
 * Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do (2003; ISBN 0345456068)
 * Babylon Sisters: A Novel  (2005; ISBN 0345456092)
 * Baby Brother's Blues  (2006; ISBN 0345481100)
 * Till You Hear From Me  (2010; ISBN 0345506375)

Plays

 * Flyin' West (1995; ISBN 0822214652)
 * Blues for an Alabama Sky  (1999; ISBN 0822216345)
 * Bourbon at the Border  (2006; ISBN 082222075X)
 * We Speak Your Names: A Celebration , with Zaron W. Burnett (2006; ISBN 0786174420)

Non-fiction

 * Mad at Miles: A Black Woman's Guide to Truth (1990; ISBN 0962814202)
 * Deals With the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot (1993; ISBN 0345382781)

Awards

 * 1983 Five AUDELCO Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, 1983
 * 2010 Sankofa Freedom Award

Nominations

 * In 2007, Cleage was nominated for the 38th NAACP Image Awards, receiving one nomination for Baby Brother’s Blues (Outstanding Literary Work in fiction) and another for We Speak Your Names (Outstanding Literary Work in poetry).