In Pursuit of Perfection

Getting to Know Amiri Baracka

I'm getting to know the great Black poet Amiri Baracka.  And I'm enjoying it.

Black Agenda Report 02/20

 

Black History Celebrations at Virginia State University

I'm very excited to see what VSU has going on next month.  For sure I'll be going to see Amiri Baraka, someone who has just come into my consciousness in the past year.  I'll post more of their events as I become aware.

 

clipped from www.vsu.edu Poet Amiri Baraka Visits Virginia State University for Annual Read-In   On Monday, Feb. 4, internationally renowned poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka will serve as the keynote presenter at the 19th Annual African-American Read-In at Virginia State University. The program begins at 4 p.m. in the Anderson-Turner Auditorium, located in Virginia Hall. A book signing and performance by VSU Sankofa Dance will follow Baraka’s presentation. This event is free and open to the public.   Baraka, considered by many to be the “dean” of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) of the 1960s, is the author of over twenty books. His film adaptation of the groundbreaking, Obie Award wining play, Dutchman won the coveted Best Picture award at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994, he retired as Professor of Africana Studies from the State University of New York in Stony Brook and was named Poet Laureate by the state of New Jersey and Newark Public Schools in 2002. This event is co-sponsored by the VSU Honors Program, Institute for the Study of Race Relations and the Department of Languages and Literature in conjunction with the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).   For additional information, please contact Dr. Pamela Reed at (804) 852-9196.