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Woodward Lecture Series: Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd: “Turning Poetry Into Film”
Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd will discuss how two art forms converge in The Black Unicorn: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press by illustrating how verbal imagery was transferred into cinematic language to reflect the creative complexity of a poet.
Bio: Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, a native Detroiter, is the 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist, a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan. She is a poet, biographer, editor and filmmaker. She is the author of two biographies, nine books of poetry, and the editor of two poetry anthologies. She is the author of
the dedication poem for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, nine books of poetry, and over 100 essays that have appeared in anthologies, national and international journals. Her poetry has been translated into German, French and Italian. She has received awards or honors from the Library of Michigan, The Independent Publishers, the NAACP Image Award, the ForeWord Book Award, and Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
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