Patricia Spears Jones
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Patricia Spears Jones is an African-American poet, playwright and arts administrator. _The Weather That Kills _(Coffee House Press, 1995) is her first full-length book. Mabou Mines produced her play, Mother, with music by Carter Burwell in 1994. (updated 1999)