![]() ![]() ![]() The structure of the seminar-event was like none other I have seen. Val Gray Ward with JMU students Photo Credit: Geoffrey Forrest Hicks just another academic conference, dominated by the presentation of papers and trade gossip,” but has always infused “bongos,” “an ancestral praise chant” and “heavyweight academic sessions with cerebral titles like ‘African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix. ![]() As noted by the Washington Postas far back at 1994, Furious Flower, the vision of founder Joanne Gabbin, is not interested in giving us “. As the nation’s only center devoted to Black poetry, Furious Flower’s choice of Nikki Giovanni for the June 2019 seminar gave many a chance to witness the legacy of performing and presenting against well-worn academic notions of conference-going rhetorical practice. Beginning with Lucille Clifton, seminars have been held on Sonia Sanchez (2011) and Yusef Komunyakaa (2017). The Furious Flower Poetry Center has held biennial summer legacy seminars since 2009 (with a hiatus in 20), a focused opportunity to study the work of a living poet. 2019 Legacy SeminarPhoto Credit: Furious Flower Poetry Center 2019 ![]()
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