Noted Washington D.C. Author E. Ethelbert Miller Waxes Poetic
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus on November 12

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Distinguished poet E. Ethelbert Miller will read from his works at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, as part of the English Department’s "Voices of the Rainbow" reading series.

The series brings authors of varying racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to the Campus in order to offer a multicultural range of artistic expressions to students and the community.

Miller, who is African American, will read from his work on Wednesday, November 12 at 10 a.m. in Humanities Building, Room 206. The event is free and open to the public.

He is the author of several volumes of poetry, including "Buddha Weeping in Winter." His memoir, "Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer," was described by the Washington Post as "an open-veined and honest thing, packed with poetic moves."

Miller has been the director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University since 1974 and is the founder and director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series, one of the oldest literary series in Washington, D.C.

He has served on many boards, including the Institute for Policy Studies, and as advisory editor/contributor to various publications, including African American Review. Among his many honors are the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award, the O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, the Stephen Henderson Poetry Award, and an honorary doctorate from Emory & Henry College. In 2001, he was one of 60 authors selected and honored by the White House at the First National Book Festival.

The "Voices of the Rainbow" series is funded by the office of Provost Gale Stevens Haynes. For more information, call (718) 488-1109.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential and three regional campuses, including more than 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.