Poets Amiri Baraka, Honoree Jeffers to Give Reading at UA
September 12, 2006 - Filed under: Events | Tagged: College of Arts & Sciences, Creative Campus, Lecture, Literature, New College, Women's Studies
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The PUNCH Writer’s Project will present an evening with poets Amiri Baraka and Honoree Jeffers Thursday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater at The University of Alabama.
The poetry reading will be followed by a book signing and reception. The event is free and open to the public.
Amiri Baraka is the author of more than 40 books of essays, poetry, plays, music history and criticism. His honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama, the Langston Hughes Award from the City College of New York, and a lifetime achievement award from the Before Columbus Foundation. He has been a professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook since 1985 and he co-directs Kimako’s Blues People, a community arts space.
Honoree Jeffers is a native Alabamian and UA graduate. She has written two books of poetry, “The Gospel of Barbecue” (Kent State University, 2000), winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Prize for poetry, and “Outlandish Blues” (Wesleyan University Press, 2003). She is professor of English at Oklahoma University.
The PUNCH Writer’s Project is a graduate student organization that brings innovative writers to campus to share ideas with students in workshops, readings and performances. Sponsors for the event also include New College, Creative Campus, Housing and Residential Communities, Women’s Resource Center, College of Arts and Sciences and the English department.
The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is experiencing significant growth in both enrollment and academic quality. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.
CONTACT: Ian Turnipseed or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu
SOURCE: Jennifer Kitt, Creative Campus student intern, kitt001@bama.ua.edu