News Release
Broadside Press Poet’s Theatre Feature Poets La Shaun phoenix Moore and Cassie Poe
The Broadside Press Poet’s Theatre will kick off the year with Detroit poets, La Shaun phoenix Moore and Cassie Poe on Sunday, January 18th from 3-6 pm in the Commerce and Finance Building, Room 138. The event will also include an open mike session.
The Broadside Press Poet’s Theatre was established to promote literature of African American culture to our community. It has given the students in the Detroit-area, an opportunity to express themselves through their creativity in writing.
Associate Professor of English, Rosemary Weatherson has been working with Broadside Press for the past several years, bringing many students poetry to the campus and beyond. "The Dudley Randall Center for Print Culture is thrilled to be able to host Broadside Press's Poets' Theater, an important outlet for many of our students,” she said. “Part of the Center's mission is to break down boundaries between academic, student, and community writers and offer wonderful opportunities for all types of writers and fans of poetry to come together on our campus," she added.
La Shaun phoenix Moore will be the first featured poet on Sunday. She is a Detroit performance poet and activist for the Prison Creative Arts Project and proud host of the “Byte This” Poetry Series which is presented every Monday at Cliff Bells in Detroit. A member of the 2006 Detroit Slam Team and coaching assistant for the 2008 Detroit “ByteThis” Slam team, she is also co-slammaster of the 2009 “ByteThis” team.
Cassie Poe is also being featured this weekend. For four years, Poe hosted a hugely popular open mike series at the Camillian Cafe in downtown Detroit. She was also a member of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Detroit Poetry Slam Team, slammaster and coach of the 2006 and 2008 Detroit “Byte This” team and also serving as slammaster for the 2009 “ByteThis” team. Moore and Poe are both co-chairing the “Women of the World Poetry Slam,” coming to Detroit in March.
For more information, contact Rosemary Weatherston, Director, Dudley Randall Center for Print Culture at weatherr@udmercy.edu.
This event is open to the public and a $5 donation is suggested, but not required.
Release date: January 16, 2009
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