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Publication: The Breeze, James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA.
To the JMU community:
At the end of September we held our signature event here at James Madison University. "Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry" brought more than 350 writers, critics, and other scholars to our campus for four days of readings, panels, roundtable discussions, concerts and gallery receptions celebrating and investigating the traditions and trajectory of black poetry. Many of the best emerging and established American poets came to JMU for this once-a-decade conference and attended events in the Festival Student and Conference Center, Duke Hall, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Wilson Hall...