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Lisa Jones
American writer (born 1961)
This article is about the American writer.
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For the scientist, see Lisa Jones (scientist). For the businesswoman, see Lisa S. Jones.
Lisa Victoria Chapman Jones (born August 15, 1961)[1] is an American playwright, essayist, journalist, and memoirist.
Personal life and education
Jones grew up in New York City and Newark, New Jersey.[2] She is the daughter of poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka (formerly known as LeRoi Jones).[3] Jones graduated from Yale University and received a MFA in Film from New York University.
She married Kenneth S. Brown in 2004 and their daughter was born in 2005. She is Jewish.[4]
Her sister, Kellie Jones,[1] is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.[5] Jones has a half-brother, Newark, New Jersey, mayor Ras Baraka, and a half-sister, Dominique di Prima, from Amiri's relationship with Diane d