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Degrees Earned/Dates Awarded/Awarding Academic Institutions: Doctorate of Arts 1984, Carnegie-Mellon University Master of Arts 1975, Washington University Bachelor of Arts 1973, Washington University
Fellowships & Studies Abroad: Experiment in International Living Research, University of Nigeria at Lagos/Ife 1972 Washington University Black Studies Program Scholarship University of the West Indies-Mona, Jamaica 1974 Haitian-American Institute, Port-au-Prince 1976 Carnegie-Mellon University Doctoral Fellowship, 1976-1980 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wye Humanities Seminar Series, Wye Plantation, Maryland Aspen Institute for the Humanities Executive Seminar 1989 Aspen, Colorado
Employment History: Maryland Institute College of Art-Professor of Language & Literature 1994- Present BLEWS Youth Initiative- Consultant 2000 Maryland Institute College of Art, FIRE:MICA Student Poetry Journal Faculty Advisor 1995 to present. Maryland Institute College of Art Director, Spectrum of Poetic Fire Reading Series 1999 to present Baltimore City Public Schools Multicultural Initiative-Consultant 1992-1994 Albany (Georgia) State College Artist in Residence-Spring 1994 African American Newspaper Archives and research Center-Consultant 1989-1992 University of Pennsylvania-Theater Department Artist In Residence 1988 Smith College-Associate Professor of Theater/African-American Studies in The Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts 1985-1988 The University of Maryland Baltimore County-Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies 1982-1985 National Endowment for the Arts-Expansion Arts Program -Site Reviewer 1984 Clarion State College Assistant Professor of English 1980-1982 St. Louis Community College at Forest Park 1975-1980St. Louis Public Library-Reading & Writing Workshop Coordinator 1976 Proud Magazine/St. Louis Post Dispatch/St. Louis American Newspaper/Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper/ Afro-American Newspaper/ The Baltimore SUN Newspaper/LINK:A Journal of the Arts in Baltimore and the World - freelance cultural reviewer 1969-2000
Organization Affiliations: Fulbright/AIX-EN-Province, France Committee-MICA - Baltimore Board of Directors-LINK: Journal of the Arts in Baltimore & the World 2000 – 2005 Baltimore Member of Board of Directors-Maryland Art Place 1991-2000 - Baltimore Member of Board of Directors-Baltimore Writers’ Alliance 1999-2002-Baltimore Modern Language Association – New York Langston Hughes Society – Georgia College Language Association - Poetry Society of America – New York The Academy of American Poets – New York National Council of Teachers of English – Urbana, IllinoisPoet’s House-New York
Publications: BOOKS Teaching Jean Toomer’s 1923 CANE - African-American Literature and Culture series-Peter Lang, 2006 ISBN 08204-2492-7 Teaching Jean Toomer’s 1923 CANE: The Performance, Narrow House Recording Studio/Morphius Records, 2005 – Compact Disc When Divas Dance- editor – Maisonneuve Press 2004 When Divas Laugh- editor – Black Classic Press – 2001 The Presence of Things Unseen: Giant Talk Maisonneuve Press 1996 Power Objects: A Message In A Bottle to My Daughter and Her Friends-Artscape Chapbook Poetry Award 1996 Judged by former U.S. Poet Laureate Josephine Jacobsen
Reviews of Personal Work: Publication/Writer/Date of Publication/Name of Article or Review:
2005 Amazon.com reviews of When Divas Dance 2005 Towson Town Magazine “The Diva Squad,” May 2004 Pulsar Review: The Ligden Poetry Society of Great Britain September 2004 Review of When Divas Dance 2004 Sculpture Magazine – Comments on “Phenomenology” Exhibit - Fall 2004 City Paper-Cara Ober/July 21, 2004/ Artscape: CP Critics Scrounge Through Artscape’s On-Site Exhibits (Phenomenology) 2002 Independent Review of Books ON Line Derek Lawlor Review of The Presence of Things Unseen: Giant Talk 2001 The Baltimore SUN Jennifer McMenamin February 12, 2001 “The Love Connection of a City Intersection (The Saint Valentine Sunday Poetry Marathon” 2001 WordHouse Newsletter of the Baltimore Writers’ Alliance Edward Doyle Gillispie July 2001 “Harmonizing Voices: Review of When Divas Laugh” 2001 WordHouse Newsletter of the Baltimore Writers’ Alliance Don Stevens February 2001 “In the Muse-When Divas Laugh Due Out Soon” 2001 Pulsar Review: The Ligden Poetry Society of Britain Janie Thomas September 2001 “Review of When Divas Laugh” 2001 The Baltimore SUN Rosemary Klein March 25, 22001 “BaltimoreThrives a Garden of Verse (Comments on When Divas Laugh)” 2001 LITE: Baltimore’s Literary Newspaper Kate Yemelyanov September/October 2001 “Meter & Metaphor” 2001 The Baltimore Times R.B. Jones July 13-19,2001 “RealSide:Poets” 2001 Jubilee Donna M. Owens Winter 2001 “When Divas Laugh Review” 2001 Black Issues Book Reviews Hoke s. Glover III November/December 2001 “When Divas Laugh: A Review” 2001 The Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper D.C. Culbertson September 8-14, 2001 “Poetry Divas at MICA”2001 The Baltimore Sun (page 27F) September 27, 2001 “Schedule of Events- Baltimore Book Fair” 2000 The Baltimore SUN May 11, 2000 “Best Bets: Mother’s Day Poetry Reading” 2000 The Baltimore SUN Linnell Smith October 26, 2000 “Inner Circle: (Thompson dancing on) Hopkins Bayview Labyrinth” 1999 The Baltimore Press Yvonne R. Keith March 25, 1999 “CheziaThompson Cager Takes Poetry to New Heights”1998 KOLA: The Black Writers’ Guild Review Lenard D. Moore Summer/ Fall 1998 “Review of The Presence of Things Unseen: Giant Talk” 1998 Pform: A Journal of Interdisciplinary and Performance Art Peter WalshSummer 1998 No. 45 “Performance in Baltimore” 1997 Poet Lore Natasha Saje Volume 92 No 2 1997 “Collective Music” 1997 Articulate Contemporary Art Review Vol 4 Issue 1September/October 1997 Derek Lawlor “Ink Spot: Poetry and Prose Book Review-The Presence of Things Unseen: Giant Talk” 1997 The Baltimore SUN John Dorsey July 25, 1997 “Art is Busting Out all Over” (Review of Playing In the Dark Tower/ Artscape Exhibit) 1996 Buzz-n’ Round Baltimore R.B. Jones July 1996 “The Screening Room-Chezia Thompson Cager /Artscape Winner”
La Fleur Haitienne IN Pebble Lake Review- Spring 2005 Wind in the CANE-1 IN Pulsar (England) Fall 2004 When Divas Dance: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective anthology with Kendra Kopelke and Clarinda Harris (MSAC Individual Artist Award in poetry project) – Maisonneuve Press-Washington D.C. Spring 2004 Return to Goree: or The Bride IN Puerto del Sol- waiting for late issue Callaloo IN FROM TOTEMS TO HIP HOP edited by Ishmael Reed (Thunder Mouth Press 2003) Rodin’s “The Thinker” Reflects On Lynching As a National Past Time IN Poet Lore- Spring 2003 Blues For Josephine Baker IN NOTEBOOK Exhibition-Pinkard Gallery/Artscape 2003 The First Ho In Space IN Gargoyle Number 45-2002 Laura Nyro Dances & Wind In the CANE VII IN Poetry New Zealand no. 25- 2002 When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective anthology with Linda Joy Burke, jaki terry and Lynnette Allen – Black Classic Press Imprint 2002 The Eye of Carl Clark, The Apple, Malcolm X and A Father’s Day Hymn IN WordWrights March-April 2001 Washington D.C. Thick Description IN DIALOGUE THROUGH POETRY 2001 anthology e-book RATTAPALLAX PRESS 2001 New York The Mayor of Gilmor Street in The Baltimore Review – Winter 2000 Vol. IV No. 1 Sound Haiku & Alien Pussy IN WordWrights July-August 2000 Washington, D.C. The Chezia’s IN Thy Mother’s Glass: Poems for Mothers and Daughters- WORDHOUSE 2000 – Baltimore, Maryland Generations: For Joyce Scott- Catalogue for KICKING IT WITH THE OLD MASTERS- Baltimore Museum of Art Spring, 2000 Dancing At Jazz Alley, House Made of Dawn & Lloyds Mommy Says Goodbye IN Bma:The Sonya Sanchez Literary Review Fall 1999- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Date With Destiny IN Maryland Poetry Review Issue 17 – 1998 “ “ in The Black Arts Quarterly, 1998 Praise Song for Katherine Dunham IN CATCH THE FIRE!!! Edited by Derrick Gilbert- Riverhead Books- New York 1998. La Danse & Chanson d’amour Creole IN Kola - Quebec, Canada Vol. 10 No 2 1998 Power Objects: A Message In A Bottle for My Daughter and Her Friends ARTSCAPE 1996 poetry competition winner/Baltimore Festival of the Arts- 1996/chapbook The Presence of Things Unseen: Giant Talk 1996- Maisonneuve Press- Washington, D.C. Kumite IN Articulate Contemporary Art Review Vol 4 Issue 1 Sept/Oct 1997 Wind in the CANE III and IV in DARK EROS edited by Reginald Martin- Saint Martin’s Press 1997 Singing in the Choir, broke bitch blues, It Looks Like A Woman But It Walks Like a Man in Moving Beyond Boundaries: International Dimensions of Black Women’s Writing Vol 1 edited by Davies & Ogundipe- Leslie New York University Press -1995 Jumpin' Rope On The Axis, Harris & Friedrich Publishers,1989 (art chapbook), Ocean Park, Washington Roots & Branches Literary Workshop Journal –editor Washington University Student Union, 1973 (art chapbook) St. Louis, Missouri
Honors & Awards:
Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher’s 2005-2006 Judge, College Language Association National Poetry Contest 2006 Poetry for the People Association “Legacy Award” Fall 2005 – Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Book Festival: The Maryland Humanities Council featured reader (with Clarinda Harriss) – Literary Salon, 2005 KEYNOTE/College English Association-MAG conference “ Rooms of Our Own: Cultural and Literary spaces” (with Clarinda Harriss), Bowie State University, 2005 Faculty Enrichment Grant in support of Teaching – MICA, 2005 Who’s Who Among Teachers (selected by the Best Students) Citation 2005 The Brooke Peirce Visiting Scholar Series/Villa Julie College Cultural Program featured reader (with Clarinda Harriss, Kendra Kopelke) Fall 2004 International Professional of the Year 2005- International Biographical Centre- Cambridge, England – December 2004 American Biographical Institute- Woman of the Year 2004 21st Century Award for Achievement- International Biographical Centre- Cambridge, England – October 2004 Artists Embassy International/San Francisco 3rd place Poetry Award For Poem for Choreography August 2004 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century-International Biographical Centre- Cambridge, England-2004 Who’s Who Among Teachers (selected by the Best students) Citation 2004 Spectrum of Poetic Fire named Baltimore’s Best Series by Baltimore Magazine - Director cited for excellence in selection and management 2003 Finalist in 2002 Naomi Madgett Long Poetry Competition for Lotus Press Tuition Grant in Poetry - Bread Loaf Summer 2002 Associate Fellowship in Poetry-Atlantic Center for the Arts Summer 2002 Lucus Grant in Teaching Poetry-MICA Summer 2001 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Poetry 1999 & 2001 Distinguished Black Marylander Award in the Arts –Towson University 2000 Lucus Grant in support of Teaching Writing -MICA 2000 Best Teachers in America (selected by the best students) Citation 2000 Team Member MHEC Technology Grant Project on Teaching Writing -Towson University 1999-2000 Inductee-The Charles Sumner MEGA Magnet High School for the Arts Hall of Fame-St. Louis, Missouri 1999 Mayoral Transition Team – Baltimore, Maryland 1999 International Woman of the Year Citation, Cambridge England 1999 The 20th Century Award of Achievement, Cambridge, England 1999 The First Lady of Maryland’s Medal of Honor for A Celebration of the Arts in Maryland 1997-1998 (Frances Hughes Glendening) Who’s Who in the World 1998 Faculty Enrichment Grant in support of teaching-MICA 1997 Who’s Who In America 1997 Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England 1997 Who’s Who In the East 1997 The World Who’s Who, Cambridge, England 1997 Best Teachers in America (selected by the best students) Citation 1996 Mayoral Citation for Excellence in Literature 1996 Baltimore City Council Resolution for Excellence in Writing 1996 Winner Artscape Poetry competition 1996 Certificate of Appreciation, Mentoring Network-MICA 1993 Who’s Who In the East 1983 Personnaggi Contemporanei, Parma Italy 1981 Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England 1980 Merit Award in Poetry-Festival of Missouri Women in the Arts 1974 Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities 1973 Outstanding Young Women of America 1973 The W.E.B. Dubois Award-Washington University 1973 The Paul Robeson Black Artist Award-Washington University 1972 Appointment by Chancellor Danforth as the Student Representative to the Board of Trustees - Washington University-1971 Poetry Award-Proud Magazine 1971 Letter of Appreciation, General Norton U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command 1969 Certificate of Recognition-University of Missouri Board of Curators 1969
Curator/Exhibition Experience:
2005- “Eureka” by Edgar Allen Poe: Created Sound and images (with Clarinda Harriss, Moira Egan and Reginald Harris) for exhibit by Contemporary Art Museum curator - Hope Sandrow – opening Baltimore- October 20th and in New York- spring 2006.
2005 -“The Tower of Babel: The American Linguistic Non-Melting Pot Dilemma of Caste & Color” (Black, grey water color & Blood on white paper- 21 inches x 23 inches, Black wood Frame with grey matte) with Chezia Thompson Cager, Jr. Exhibit – Phantom of Liberty in Falvey Hall, Brown Center curator - Nolen Strals.
2004 - “River Maiden: A Self Portrait” - Trapunta Quilt in Faculty Exhibit- MICA Pinkard Gallery/Bunting Center.
2004 - Programming Consultant to Oyekan Ceramics Exhibit curated by George Ciscle – Maryland Institute College of Art/Decker Gallery. Reading entitled “ Our Words Are Our Clay” March 1, 2005.
2004 - ”Phenomenology” in Meyerhoff Gallery/MICA Co-curator (with Maren Hassinger - Director of the Rinehart School of Sculpture): ARTSCAPE 2004.
2003 - “Blues For Josephine Baker” in NOTEBOOK Exhibition-Pinkard Gallery/Artscape curated by Gary Kachidorian.
2003 – “A Tornado Tale:” a visual cartoon reading in “Raw, Boiled and Cooked: COMICS ON THE VERGE Exhibit” curator - Paul Candler produced by George Ciscle– Maryland Institute College of Art/Decker Gallery
2000 - “Carl Clark: Photographer” Co-Curator (with Dr. Leslie King-Hammond-Dean of the Graduate School, MICA) at Maryland Art Place
2000 - Artscape Fine Arts Market Exhibit - Curator
1999 - ”Through the Fire to the Limit: African American Artists in Maryland” Curator in Governor’s House-Annapolis, Maryland
1999 - Sabbatical Exhibit- “The Alien: “Canvas Sculpture in collaboration with Paula Phillips, ” Mommy’s Memory Quilt:” 2-sided T-Shirt Quilt in collaboration with Michelle Longway-Edwards and “The Three Faces of Madonna: “ life-size poetry drawing in collaboration with Espie Frazier – MICA Decker Gallery/Mount Royal Station Building
1998 - Maryland’s Governor’s House Exhibits: January through December- Curator of: “Faces of the Real and the Imaginary” “Power Objects in the Here and the Now” “Landscapes of the Mind & Beyond” in Annapolis, Maryland
1997 – “Playing In the Dark Tower: Images from the Black Literary Landscape” Curator in Artscape Site and Maryland Art Place
Selected Published Articles:
“Afternoon Of An Author” edited by Alice McDermott Urbanite Baltimore (with Maud Casey, Laura Lippman and Sujata Masey), 2005.
“ Walking A’ways With Worth” special conference publication edited by Photographer, Roland L. Freeman honoring Folklorist-Worth Long: American Association of Folklore & Culture/The Smithsonian Annual Conference, Atlanta, 2005.
“Review – Outliving: Poems by Bernard O’Donoghue in Pulsar: Poems from Ligden Poetry Society of Great Britain, September 2003 Edition.
“Review - The Bower of Nil: A Narrative Poem” by Frederick Glaysher In Pulsar: Poems From Ligden Poetry Society of Great Britain, March 2003, Edition.
“Priorities:12:45” in This Day – Diaries from American Women edited by Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey & B.K. Rakhra Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. Hillsboro, Oregon 2003.
“Praise for the Lyrics of Prince” in The Lyrics of Prince Rogers Nelson by C. Leigh McInnis, Jr. – Psychedelic Literature - Jackson, Mississippi 2000.
“Folk Realities & Bourgeoisie Fantasies: Four African American Maryland Artists in LINK:A Journal of the Arts in Baltimore and the World, Spring 2000.
“Earl Lovelace” in The Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography: African, Caribbean and Latin American Writers. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book – Columbia, South Carolina, 2000.
“Art that Conceals and Reveals,” a review of the Exhibition “Secrets” in cooperation with the Walters Art Gallery and Baltimore City Public Schools Instructional Resources for The Evening SUN Newspaper, August 1998.
“Dusky Maidens: The Odyssey of the Early Black Dramatic Actress. “A Book Review in Buzz-n’ Round Baltimore: The Arts, Entertainment and Leisure Magazine for the 90’s-Baltimore, March 1997.
“Figures of Resistance in the Novels of Earl Lovelace” in Imagination, Emblems & Expressions: Essays on Latin American, Caribbean and Continental Culture and Identity edited by Helen Ryan Ranson. Bowling Green State University – Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, 1993.
“Earl Lovelace” in The Dictionary of Literary Biography of 20th Century Caribbean & Black African Writers” edited by Bernth Lindfors & Reinhardt, Sanders. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book: Gale Research Inc. Detroit, Michigan, 1993.
“The Dialectical Voices of Black Men: Baraka, Lovelace & Soyinka in Fairfax Magazine Baltimore, Maryland, 1992.
“A Review of Feminism and Theater by Sue Ellen Case” in The National Association of Women’s Studies Journal, Columbus, Ohio, Spring 1990.
“Images of the Black Middle Class in 20th Century Drama: A published Speech” from the Eubie Blake Cultural Center 10th annual Holiday Reception and Author Party – Fairfax Magazine – Baltimore, Maryland December 1990.
“Ntozake Shange’s Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo: Resistance and Mystical Women of Power” In National Women Studies Association Journal Volume 1 Number 4 Summer 1989.
“A Phenomenological Approach to the Composing Process” in Teaching English in the 2-year College Durham North Carolina, 1981.
“Treading Dark Water in Harlem” in Maryland Today Volume 14 Number 2 May 1986.
“Review of Southern Novelists and the Southern Literary Tradition by Ladell Payne” in HUMANITIES-NEH publication Spring 1986.
A Unique 12 Segment Article series on “Character Education” funded by the United Way of Maryland and published in the Afro-American Newspaper September 1993 to September 1994.
“A Review of In One Act by Adrienne Kennedy” in SAGE-Atlanta, Georgia, Spring 1992.
“Earl Lovelace: A Bibliography” in Contributions to Black Studies –Amherst, Massachusetts 1987.
“Playing in the Dark Tower: Images from the Black Literary Landscape” essay for Baltimore City’s 200 year Anniversary issue of Artscape Catalogue July 1997.
“Going Home: An African Journal,” “Transfiguration: The African Woman in Traditional and Modern Society” with drawings by Elizabeth Catalett, “Jamaica Journal” – all in PROUD Magazine, St. Louis Missouri 1971-1986.
Directing HistoryYear/ Name of Show/ Performance Site:
2004 “Praise Song For Katherine Dunham: “The Gateway Dance Theatre of Des Moines, Iowa- City-Wide National Library Month Celebration 2003 “Momma’s Dancing Shoes Blues” & “Labyrinth:” The Moving Company Dance Theater-Baltimore, Maryland – Concert & John Hopkins Hospital Labyrinth Celebration 2001 “Sunday” by R.B. Jones – The Arena Players’ Theater 1999 The 25th Anniversary performance of “Sunday” by R.B. Jones, Mt. Royal Station Building-MICA 1997 “Playing in the Dark Tower: Images From the Black Literary Landscape” Performances- Artscape Grant from Baltimore Festival of the Arts; Maryland Art Place-Technical support for 2 Site performances; MICA Faculty Grant 1996 “Praise Song for Katherine Dunham: An Original Choreopoem”– Maryland State Council for the Arts Mini-Grant 1995 “SABA: An Original Choreopoem”- MICA funded by the Amalie Rothschild Fund 1989 “The Narrator of ‘The Congo’ Visits Langston Hughes in Harlem’s Shadows and Does the Slow Dance on the killing Ground with the Harlem Dancer Before Dying in a Public Hospital: A Dramatic Dance Pantomime “–Dakar Senegal-West Africa –The English Drama Club (during the African Literature Association Conference) 1988 “An Expression of Excellence-Performance Poetry”- Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts-Smith College 1987 Earl Lovelace’s ‘Jestina’s Calypso’-the American Premier, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts-Smith College 1987 “7 Principles: or how I got ova /Original Choreopoem”– Mendenhall Center for the Performance Arts-Smith College 1986 Ntozake Shange’s “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” with new orchestral score and restored poems – Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts- Smith College 1985 “An Evening With Rosalind Cash” starring Rosalind Cash Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts - Smith College – Special Residency Grant Dean’s Office-Academic Affairs 1985 “Gabriel’s Trumpet: A Cantata for Trumpets & Voice” with former Sun Ra Band Conductor Dr. George Brandon – Black Theater Network Regional Conference-Morgan State University 1985 “The Dragon Can’t Dance”-Dramaturg Queen’s Theater – Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 1984 “Tribute to Martin Luther King,” Kutztown State University 1983 Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s “Rites of Passage-Performance Poetry” for The Festival in Honor of the Egungun-University of Maryland Baltimore County 1982 “The Eyes of Black Folk” starring Mississippi actor/ writer/State Senator John Horhn- Clarion Pennsylvania Public Television Production 1980 Mississippi Action for Community Education’s DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL funded by NEA, Mississippi State Government and major commercial sponsors (produced record album with ethnographer, Dr. Worth Long) 1976 “Teacher as Stranger: A Morality play” – The Mildred E. Bastian Center for the performing Arts, St. Louis, Missouri 1977 Jean Toomer’s “CANE”, The Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts St. Louis, Missouri 1976 “Death Walk: The Legend of Madame St. Ile” – The Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts, St. Luis, Missouri 1975 K. Curtis Lyle’s “Primeval Mother”- Women’s Arts Festival – St. Louis, Missouri 1974 “The Garden: A Morality Play for Children” – Learning Center/Black Awareness Workshop St. Louis, Missouri 1973 “The Concubines”- Washington University Theater- St. Louis, Missouri
Work Available on Video Tape/CD:
2006 Teaching Jean Toomer’s 1923 CANE: The Performance produced by Spectrum of Poetic Fire & Narrow House Recording for Morphius Records
2005 WYPR reading July (in connection with Urbanite Baltimore “Afternoon of an Author” edited by Aaron Henkin for “The Signal” National Public Radio program (with Ron Tanner, Moira Egan, Kendra Kopelke)
2004 Gateway Dance Theater- Des Moines, Iowa “Praise Song For Katherine Dunham
2003 Interview with Galway Kinnell and Michael Collier
2002 The Road Less Taken: The 2000 Saint Valentine Sunday Poetry Marathon Digitally Engineered Compact Disk featuring 31 poets and commentary by Maryland State Poet Laureate-Michael Collier
2000 “Verbal Dueling:” Poetry Reading with Houston Baker, Jr.
1997 “Praise Song for Katherine Dunham” with The Sankofa Dance Theater
1996 “Verbal Dueling:” Poetry Reading with John Yau
1995 “Poets & Protégée: ”A Satellite broadcast reading from Chesapeake College in Wye, Maryland in conjunction with Towson University, Chesapeake College, Goucher College & the Baltimore County Public Library- sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Humanities featuring E. Ethelbert Milller, Clarinda Harriss, Elizabeth Spires and Chezia Thompson Cager and their students
1982 “The Eyes of Black Folk” produced by the Clarion Pennsylvania Public Television Network
Recent Lectures/Readings:
2006 The 17th Towson University annual African American Read-In Chain, a national initiative founded by the National Council of Teachers of English sponsored by the African American Cultural Center (AACC), the English Department and the African and African American studies Departments.
2005- “Eureka” by Edgar Allen Poe: Created Sound and images (with Clarinda Harriss, Moira Egan and Reginald Harris) for exhibit by Contemporary Art Museum curated by Hope Sandrow – opening Baltimore- October 20th and in New York- spring 2006.
2005 WEAA reading September ( in connection with The Baltimore Book Festival DIVA SQUAD reading) engineered by William Lusana Harvey for the “The Magic Bird Show” National Public Radio with Kevin Robinson, director of the Kevin Robinson Ensemble-DIVA SQUAD’s band.
2005 WYPR reading July (in connection with Urbanite “Afternoon of an Author” edited by Aaron Henkin for “The Signal” National Public Radio program.
2005 Developing Multi-cultural Artist Models for Multi-Cultural Conference Towson University
2005 Harlem Book Fair – New York
2004 The Inaugural Ex-Zine-Bition with Zineposium and Poetry Reading By MICA Zinesters and Poets – Coordinator.
2004 The Importance of International Education- on Panel organized by Career Development/MICA in Main Building Old Library October
2004 Poetic Introduction for national treasure - Galway Kinnell October 2004 Reading sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs in honor of the opening of the Brown Center.
2004 Villa Julie College- Dinner & An Evening to honor the release of When Divas Dance
2004 Maryland Poetry Society at MINAS Bookshop – New Books Panel with Catonsville High School Creative Writing Program director and poet, Moira Egan and Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award winner novelist Nalita Norona, December 19th.
2004 The Sound of the Lyric for The Furious Flower: Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition Conference- James Madison University/NEA funded
2000 “Mining the Creative Mind” – The AYM (American Association of Youth Museums 2000 Conference- May 10th Omni Harbor Hotel-Baltimore
Current Projects:
A Bread Loaf Journal ( working title) Creative Non-Fiction
Beaded Words: The Joyce J. Scott Suite Poems from the “Kicking It With the Old Masters” Exhibit- Baltimore Museum of Art
“Crossing Into Fire” (manuscript ranked as finalist for the Naomi Magett Long-LOTUS PRESS- Poetry Award 2002) in revision
In Collaboration With Web Master Martin Swanson: The Spectrum of Poetic Fire Web Resource identifying the poets who have visited MICA poetry workshops and provided website samples of their work for use in classes anywhere in the world:
The Poetry of Henry Dumas
DraGon: The Novels and Plays of Earl Lovelace
Teaching Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Quartet: Yellow Back Radio Broke Down/The Last Days of Louisiana Red/ Mumbo Jumbo/Flight to Canada
A Writer’s Web Resource Literacy Module
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