Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/24//2014 - 09/27//2014
All Day
Location
James Madison University
Category(ies)
“Seeding the Future of African American Poetry,” the 2014 Furious Flower conference is dedicated to Rita Dove. Readings, panels, receptions, concerts, awards ceremony. Presenters include: Tony Medina, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Elizabeth Alexander, Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte, Michael Afaa Weaver, Rita Dove, A. Van Jordan, Remica Bingham-Risher, Sonia Sanchez, Jessica Care Moore, Evie Shockley, Quincy Troupe, Nikki Giovanni, Harryette Mullen, Marilyn Nelson, Aracelis Girmay, Patricia Smith, Frank X Walker, Ekere Mariahadessa Tallie, Nikky Finney, Yusef Komunyakaa, Tyehimba Jess, Aisha Kamilah Moon, Dawn Lundy Martin, Douglas Kearney, Mendi Lewis Obadike, Naomi Long Madgett, Jericho Brown, Camille Dungy, Patricia Spears Jones, Duriel Harris, Samantha Thornhill. Most events free.