March
15, 2005
Haki Madhubuti to Keynote Writers Festival at Oakton
International poet, essayist, educator, and publisher Haki R. Madhubuti is the keynote speaker for the Skyway Writers Competition and Festival, 4:30 - 10:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7, at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. The event is free and open to the public. Madhubuti will speak at 7:30 p.m.
One of the world's best-selling authors of poetry and nonfiction, Madhubuti is the founder, publisher, and chairman of Third World Press in Chicago. He has published 24 books including Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?: The African American Family in Transition (1990), which has sold more than one million copies. Madhubuti also is the winner of numerous literary awards, including the National Endowment Grant for Poetry in 1983.
The Skyway Writers Competition and Festival provides a forum for students to perform at "open mic" readings, and have their work evaluated by professional writers. Participants are drawn from eight community colleges including Oakton; College of Lake County; Elgin Community College; McHenry County College; Moraine Valley Community College; Morton College; Prairie State College; and Waubonsee Community College.
For more information, call 847-635-1950.
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