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    Oral history interview with Hank Jones

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    Hank Jones, a poet and professor at Tarleton State University, shares memories of growing up in a military family that relocated frequently and the challenge of finding a place that feels like home. Interested in finding the writer inside, he describes his experience teaching English abroad through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) and vagabonding around the world before eventually returning to the U.S. to teach literature. Jones describes meeting his wife and fellow writer, Julie Chappell, at Tarleton and his decision to quit writing for ten years. He discusses getting back into writing and receiving a Red Earth MFA from Oklahoma City University and publishing his first book of poetry, 'Too Late for Manly Hands.' Jones describes personal and professional challenges that have helped him become a better writer and teacher, sharing what he's learned about himself with time, and offers advice for other writers.The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes

    Hank Jones [3]

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    5" x 7" Hank Jones plays the piano at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

    Hank Jones [2]

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    5" x 7" Hank Jones smiles while playing the piano at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

    Hank Jones [1]

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    8" x 10" color photograph. Hank Jones sits at a Kawai piano at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

    Doc Skinner and Hank Jones

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    7" x 5 " black and white photograph. Lynn "Doc" Skinner sitting next two jazz musician Hank Jones

    Hank Jones and Dee Daniels

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    7" x 5" black and white photograph. Hank Jones and Dee Daniels together, possibly at a soundcheck

    S. M. Jones Company employees, 1905

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    An albumen photograph of the workmen of the S. M. Jones Company of Toledo, Ohio taken in 1905. Identified in the fourth row, fourth from the right is Henry "Hank" Evans. The company was founded by Toledo Mayor Samuel Milton Jones who believed in paying his employees a living wage aalong with paid vacations, child care, and subsidized meals in the cafeteria

    Jumpin' with Jonah / the Jonah Jones quartet [Jonah Jones, trp ; Harold Austin, batt ; Hank Jones, p ; John Brown, cb]

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    Comprend : No moon at all - Baby, won't you please come home ? / vocal by Jonah Jones - Bill Bailey, won't you please come home ? - The blue don't care - Night train - Jumpin' with Jonah - Just a gigolo - It's a good day / vocal by Jonah Jones - Slowly but surely - Lots of Luck Charley - A kiss to build a dream on / vocal by Jonah Jones - That's a plentyBnF-Partenariats, Collection sonore - BelieveContient une table des matière

    Jumpin' with Jonah / the Jonah Jones quartet [Jonah Jones, trp ; Harold Austin, batt ; Hank Jones, p ; John Brown, cb]

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    Comprend : No moon at all - Baby, won't you please come home ? / vocal by Jonah Jones - Bill Bailey, won't you please come home ? - The blue don't care - Night train - Jumpin' with Jonah - Just a gigolo - It's a good day / vocal by Jonah Jones - Slowly but surely - Lots of Luck Charley - A kiss to build a dream on / vocal by Jonah Jones - That's a plentyBnF-Partenariats, Collection sonore - BelieveContient une table des matière
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