Sapphire (author)

Sapphire
Sapphire
	File:American author Sapphire (cropped).jpg Sapphire at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009
Born	Ramona Lofton; August 4, 1950 (age 74); Fort Ord, California
Alma mater	Brooklyn College, City College of New York
Notable work	Push (1996)

Ramona Lofton (born August 4, 1950), better known by her pen name Sapphire, is an American author and performance poet. She is known for her 1996 novel Push, which later became an Academy Award-nominated movie titled Precious (2009).^[1]

Related pages[change]

List of poets from North America

References[change]

↑ Interview with David Cohen, This is London, 13 January 2010 Archived April 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Interview with David Cohen, This is London, 13 January 2010 Archived April 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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