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SEMAJ BROWN PERFORMS
Civic Project Inc. | ABC12
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Sunday is Black Poetry Day, which was created in honor of poet, writer and preacher Jupiter Hammon.
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He became the first published African-American poet on Oct. 17, 1761.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. has joined with Flint’s first poet Laureate, Semaj Brown, to launch Flint’s Virtual Poetry Gallery. She talked about the project.
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Ethan Wang Interviews Flint Poet Laureate | National Student of Poet Inquiry SEMAJ BROWN, FLINT POET LAUREATE, INTERVIEW
An interview with poet Semaj Brown, The Flint, Michigan Poet Laureate, where she discusses poetry as a unique medium, music as an inspiration, and more.
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Flint’s First Poet Laureate | East Village Magazine FLINT’S POET LAUREATE, SEMAJ BROWN, RECEIVES $50,000 AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POETS FOR CIVIC PROJECT
“I thank you all. Also thank you to the Academy of American Poets. To the Dreamers, and the dreamless, to the faithful and the faithless, to those who know, and to those who seek to those who turn things up downside in, and to those who carry tradition in gnarled knuckles…” – Semaj Brown
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$50K awarded to Semaj Brown | The Courier News $50K AWARDED TO SEMAJ BROWN, POET LAUREATE OF FLINT
For the 2021 fellowship, the Academy of American Poets with support from the Mellon Foundation will fund 23 individuals who serve as poets laureate of states and cities across the U. S. These poets will lead public poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead. The fellows will each receive $50,000 (or $25,000 each in the case of the shared poet laureate position in Montana) for a combined total of $1.1 million. In addition, the academy will provide over $100,000 total to 14 local 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have agreed to support the fellows’ proposed projects.
