News Release
Broadside Press Poet's Theater featuring Gloria House and Albert M. Ward
The Broadside Press Poet's Theatre will be holding a poetry reading on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in Grounds Coffeehaus from 3-6 p.m. This will be the third poetry reading of the semester, hosted by the Dudley Randall Center for Print Culture. Highly acclaimed poets, Gloria House and Albert M. Ward will be introduced.
The Broadside Press Poet's Theatre was created to promote literature of African American culture. It has been allowing students in the Detroit Area to express themselves through their writing, and just emerged onto UDM’s campus the past year. Broadside has been able to develop many literary projects due to the numerous partnerships with other organizations. Because of this, many communities support and sponsor the programs.
Gloria House is a professor at the University of Michigan, Dearborn and Director of the Africa and African American Studies Program. She was a student during the Southern Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, and has been engaged in the development of African American communities since then.
Her poetry sprung from her involvement in these hardships. Some of her accomplishments include two poetry collections from Broadside Press, Blood River (1983) and Rainrituals (1989), and a third book of poems published by Third World Press, Shrines (2004). She also co-edited an anthology of African American poetry, entitled A Different Image: The Legacy of Broadside Press (2005). This book was chosen by the Library of Michigan as one of the twenty notable books of Michigan for the year.
Albert M. Ward co-edited the anthology of African American poetry, A Different Image, as well. His poetry has appeared in publications at many universities, such as Wayne State, Boston College, and University of Detroit. In 1990, he published a book of poetry for the Broadside Press, entitled Patches on Main Street. He as also has written verses for Broom Designs, Inc., a family-owned African-American greeting card company in Detroit, and Blue Mountain Arts greeting cards.
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: March 12, 2009
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