Poet Nikki Giovanni hails the ‘Acolytes,’ sounds the call for power poetry
April 18, 2007 by Staff
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Tweet Book Review: Acolytes (Akiit.com) Nikki Giovanni is a name recognizable to poetry readers and anyone else who was intellectually living and breathing during the Black Arts Movement. She is the author of at least 30 books for adults and children and the recipient of almost an equal number of honorary degrees. She has been […]
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka to Kick-Off 2007 Spring Arts Festival at Bowie State University
April 3, 2007 by Staff
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Tweet Bowie, MD (Akiit.com) – Dr. Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, will open the 2007 Spring Arts Festival on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Sponsored by the Departments of English and Modern Languages, Communications, Fine and Performing Arts, History and Government, and the University Honors Program, the event will take place […]
The First Urban Literature “Lending Library” Launches
March 30, 2007 by Staff
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Tweet A Readers’ Delight in Urban Fiction Rental Service Amityville, NY (Akiit.com) – One year ago, Urban Club Books, Inc. of Amityville, NY opened as a small community bookstore featuring books of all genres by African American authors. Today, Urban Club Books, Inc. launches the first urban literature “Lending Library Club.” The “Lending Library” is […]
Oprah to Name New Book Club Pick on Wed.
March 25, 2007 by Staff
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Sat Mar 24, 2:47 PM ET A new Oprah book club pick will be announced Wednesday on her television talk show, the same day Winfrey hosts the author of her current selection, Academy Award-winning actor Sidney Poitier. “Tune in Wednesday, March 28, to see who came to dinner with Sidney Poitier plus, Oprah’s […]
Yale Professor Takes Home $50,000 for Poetry Works
March 21, 2007 by Staff
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Tweet (Akiit.com) The first annual Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000 award for poets of “exceptional talent” who have not received “major national acclaim,” has been given to Elizabeth Alexander, author of four books of verse. The prize was announced Friday by sponsor Poets & Writers Inc., “the nation’s largest nonprofit literary organization serving creative writers.” […]