![]() ![]() She also became a member of a gay organization named United Lesbians of Color for Change Inc. Lofton moved to New York City in 1977 and became heavily involved with poetry. Lofton held various jobs before starting her writing career, working as a performance artist as well as a teacher of reading and writing. In the mid-1970s Lofton attended the City College of New York and obtained an MFA degree at Brooklyn College. Lofton dropped out of high school and moved to San Francisco, where she attained a GED and enrolled at the City College of San Francisco before dropping out to become a " hippie". ![]() After a disagreement concerning where the family would settle, her parents separated, with Lofton's mother "kind of abandoning them". ![]() Ramona Lofton was born in Fort Ord, California, one of four children of an Army couple who relocated within the United States and abroad. Ramona Lofton (born August 4, 1950), better known by her pen name Sapphire, is an American author and performance poet. Brooklyn College, City College of New York ![]()
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