CONVERSATIONS WITH JONETTA: Exploring the Intersection of Arts, Culture and Politics
Thu, Sep 17
|Zoom event
Award-winning author and journalist jonetta rose barras engages some of the country's creative thinkers and change-makers in intimate, provocative but eclectic discussions around issues that matter. Barras' guest will be renowned poet, author and literary activists E. Ethelbert Miller
Time & Location
Sep 17, 2020, 12:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Zoom event
Guests
About the event
Award-winning author and journalist jonetta rose barras engages some of the country's creative thinkers and change-makers in intimate, provocative but eclectic discussions around issues that matter. Join Barras on Sept. 17th for a onversation with E. Ethelbert Miller, renown poet, author and literary activist, about the role of artists in instigating and sustaining social or political change.
Miller is the author of two memoirs and several books of poetry including The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller. For 17 years he served as the editor of Poet Lore, the oldest poetry magazine published in the United States. His poetry has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. He is a two-time Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Fellow to Israel. Miller also holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Emory and Henry College. In 2015, he was inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame.
He is a former chairperson…