Bessie FrazierBessie Frazier was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received her B.A. degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and her M.A. degree from Montclair State College in New Jersey. While at Fisk, she became a member of the Fisk Writer's Workshop,under the well known author John Oliver Killens. She completed Post-Graduate work at Brooklyn College and New York University. Her majors were English, Education, and Sociology. She taught Middle School in Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey for over 30 years. She is the author of poems, stories, plays, and positive raps. She has performed for schools, colleges, churches and special interest groups. Her work has appeared in anthologies, magazines and other sources, as well as being featured in Who's who in the East. Students have performed her work in schools, and she has received countless letters of praise from electrified readers. Read More Read Less