Frenchy Jolene Hodges

Frenchy Jolene Hodges is an American educator, and author of poetry and short fiction.

Life and career

Frenchy Jolene Hodges was born on October 18, 1940 in Dublin, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Science in 1964 from Fort Valley State College. In 1972, she received a fellowship to study in the Afro-American Studies master's program at Atlanta University.
Hodges began her career in Detroit, where she taught English and creative writing, beginning in 1966. She also acted on stage for a brief period. In 1971, she worked with Broadside Press to publish her first chapbook, Black Wisdom. The following year, she moved to Atlanta, where she worked for Atlanta Public Schools until retiring before 2003. In 1979, Ms. Magazine published her short story, "Requiem for Willie Lee," which has been reprinted and included in anthologies of African-American women writers.
In 2003, she returned to Buckeye, near Dublin, Georgia. She co-founded Legacy Readers Theatre in 2008.
Hodges has twin children, born in the late 1970s.