reads from her latest book, “Blue-Tail Fly” Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium, Taylor Music Center.
Union celebrates National Poetry Month with a reading from Vievee Francis, poet and teacher, Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Taylor Music Center’s Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium. She will read from various works including her latest book, “Blue-Tail Fly,” which Poets & Writers magazine cited as one of the notable debuts for 2006.
A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. All events are free and open to the public.
Francis works for InsideOut as a poet-in-residence promoting poetry in schools and as an independent poetry instructor. She is a fellow of Cave Canem, an organization dedicated to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Her work has appeared in such journals as “Callaloo,” “Crab Orchard Review,” and “Margie.”
A graduate of Fisk University in Nashville, Francis is a candidate for a master of fine arts degree at the University of Michigan. She is married to Matthew Olzmann, a fellow of Kundiman, which promotes Asian-American poetry.
This event is sponsored by Africana Studies; Black Student Union; the departments of English, History and Sociology; Internal Education Fund; Sorum House and Women’s and Gender Studies.