THURSDAY

 

 

Houston Baker speaks during the Keynote Address Thursday afternoon

 

 

Yusef Komunyakaa speaks during the George Moses Horton Society Luncheon

 

 

1^st Poetry Reading

 

 

Sharan Strange

 

 

Tony Medina

 

 

 

                   Poetry Reading Participants, from left: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Sharan Strange, Yusef Komunyakaa, Major Jackson, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, Opal Moore, Tony Medina

 

 

Thursday Evening Poetry Reading

 

 

Lucille Clifton describing her poetry Thursday evening.

 

 

Poetry Reading participants from left: Kevin Young, Haki Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni

 

 

 

From top to bottom: Haki Madhubuti, E. Ethelbert Miller and Brenda Marie Osbey

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Various Concurrent Sessions

 

 

Dr. Joanne Gabbin

 

 

Artist Malaika Favorite & Dr. Joanne Gabbin in front of her piece

 

 

Nikki Giovanni pointing out the art to Lucille Clifton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY

 

 

 

Critics' Roundtable

 

 

 

From top to bottom: Velma Pollard, Omekongo Dibinga and Quraysh Ali Lansana

 

 

Laureate's Circle

 

 

Amiri Baraka

 

 

Dolores Kendrick & Askia Toure

 

 

Eugene Redmond

 

 

Sonia Sanchez

 

 

Rita Dove

 

 

From left: Askia Toure, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Dolores Kendrick, Eugene Redmond, Rita Dove, Joanne Gabbin

 

 

Friday Poetry Reading

 

 

Avin Aubert & Nikky Finney speaking their poetry

 

 

Conference Attendees and Participants

 

 

Dorris Hunt

 

 

SATURDAY

 

 

 

 

From top to bottom: Toi Derricotte, E. Ethelbert Miller & Conference Participant

 

                  

 

 

Kamau Kemayo                       Conference Participant   

 

 

Conference attendee Billy Joe Harris reading in College Center

 

 

 

Old friends and new friends outside Warren Hall

 

 

Eugene Redmond & student Amanda Meeker

 

 

 

Close friends Opal Moore, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, & Daryl Cumber Dance pose for a final photo

 

 

Conference Finale Performance by Fertile Ground