EVENT: Poet Norman Jordan, others writers to be at Black History Month celebration Feb. 9 at Cultural Center
Everybody, spread the news. Norman Jordan, “West Virginia’s most published African-American poet,” is one of a number of authors taking part in a celebration of Black History Month Feb. 9, 2008, in the Great Hall of the Cultural Center in the State Capitol Complex in Charleston.
Meet this poet and other authors, invited by The West Virginia Center for the Book, at this special event.
Get autographs, buy books by W.Va. black writers from Capitol Market bookseller Frog Creek Books and others.
Special guests will talk about growing up in West Virginia, beginning at 1 p.m. Commentaries begin at 2 p.m. in the Norman L. Fagan Theater. “Colored People: A Memoir” by Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be presented by Gordon Simmons, W.Va. literary scholar and editorial assistant for Goldenseal.
Other writers involved in this event include Dolores Johnson, scholar and author, Duke Jordan, Charleston law enforcement officer and author and Theresa Burriss, contributing senior editor of “Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture.”
Ancella Bickley, retired West Virginia State University vice-president of academic affairs, author, scholar and playwright will present “My Personal Odyssey: Experiences of a West Virginia Black Woman Scholar and Author.” Bickley will be available for book signing.
The book center Web site says, “The West Virginia Center for the Book celebrates the rich literary heritage of West Virginia through its projects and programs. It is hosted by the West Virginia Library Commission in partnership with the West Virginia Humanities Council and is located in Charleston, West Virginia. For more information about the program in West Virginia, contact WVCFTB Coordinator Karen Goff at 558-3978.”
