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The Poetry & Folklore of Sterling A. Brown
Sterling A. Brown’s preeminence as a poet, author, literary critic and folklorist is unchallenged. He was also Washington, DC’s first poet laureate, a famed educator for 40 years at Howard University– teaching some of the country’s most popular writers– and the controversial Editor for Negro Affairs of the Federal Writers Project, which was part of the Project Works Administration.
Join a host of esteemed scholars, authors and poets, including Gabbin, James Early, E.Ethelbert Miller, Brian Gilmore, Teri Cross Davis, Niani Kilkenny, Marita Golden, Dana Williams, Mark Sanders, Maurice Jackson, Cornelius Eady, Keith Leonard, Kenny Carroll Jr., Tricia Elam Walker, Marcia Davis, Kenneth Caroll,III, jonetta rose barras, Amy Horowitz andJoshua Myers. Brown’s granddaughter, Laura Dennis, is a special guest speaker.
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