Cedric Tillman's Blog - Posts Tagged "james-madison-university"

I'm grateful to Lauren K. Alleyne, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, and Furious Flower for having me via their Facebook Reading series on Nov. 6. I had over 250 comments/engagements on the reading and spent a couple hours after just responding to everyone. Furious Flower does so much to promote Black poetry, including workshops for aspiring poets, conducting readings, and archiving talks and panels on poetry. Please support them as you see fit or are able.

https://www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/

What a gift to have been able to make my second Furious Flower Black Poetry Conference, though I could only get up to JMU/Harrisonburg (VA) for part of Friday and the Saturday session. I got to hug a lot of necks, hear readings from poets I've never heard of from across the African diaspora, and meet a bunch of brilliant professors and young poets. This event gets bigger and bigger and I'm excited for what it's gonna look like in another 10 years.