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Lawrence Joseph, poet (born in Detroit) Ruth Ward Kahn, poet, non-fiction writer (born in Jackson, Michigan; attended University of Michigan) Jane Kenyon, poet (born in Ann Arbor) Mary Torrans Lathrap, poet (born and died in Jackson) Margaret Wynne Lawless, poet, non-fiction writer (born in Adrian) Philip Levine, poet (born in Detroit) Thomas ...
Randall in 1972. Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-American writers, among them Melvin Tolson, Sonia Sanchez, [2] Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks, [2] Etheridge Knight, Margaret Walker, and ...
The library accepts donations to this collection related to sports history, with special consideration given to baseball, Ernie Harwell, or the Detroit Tigers. [ 6 ] The Rare Book Collection, begun in 1948, acquires and preserves rare materials such as first editions, fine bindings, illuminated manuscripts, letters, and incunabula. [ 11 ]
Free Press Flashback explores the work of Robert Hayden, the celebrated poet who grew up in Detroit's Paradise Valley.
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Broadside Press was founded in 1965 by the poet librarian Dudley Randall as a showcase for African American authors. Early in the Press' history, Randall began by publishing 8.5x11 broadsides of single poems.
Philip Levine (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well.