Houston professor to speak Nov. 26 on African American poetry
(Nov. 21, 2001)--Lorenzo Thomas, poet and critic of African American literature and professor of English at the University of Houston-Downtown Campus, will speak on "Changing the World: The Challenge of African American Poetry" at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 in the University Center Willow Room on the 1604 Campus.
Thomas is the author of the recently published book "Extraordinary Measures: Afrocentric Modernism and 20th Century American Poetry." He was born in Panama and served in the United States military. During the 1960s he was active as a poet in New York City's Black Arts Movement, a wide-ranging social and cultural experiment for black writer, painters and musicians. He has published several books of poetry.
The lecture is part of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series "Why Humanities Now?" The interdisciplinary series is dedicated to exploring changing questions, issues and research in the humanities.
The series culminates this semester Nov. 29 with a faculty-graduate student research forum in which master's students in the humanities will give brief presentations about their ongoing research. Debbie Lopez, associate professor of English, classics and philosophy, and Billy Weitzel, assistant professor of English, classics and philosophy, will coordinate the forum and participate in the research presentations.
The Literary and Cultural Studies Lecture Series will continue Feb. 15, 2002 with David Halperin speaking on "Homosexuality's Closet." Halperin, a University of Michigan professor, is an expert on gender, sexuality and classics.
For more information contact Bill Mullen at (210) 458-5351.
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