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For four decades Broadside Press has promoted the written word as a vital art form intimately related to self-determination, and used the publishing of literature as a vehicle for building communities and promoting cultural critique.Founded in 1965 by Dudley Randall, a librarian by profession and a poet whose expression of human compassion is unparalleled by mainstream publishers. Dudley would go on to achieve national and international prominence; in 1978 Black Enterprise magazine called Randall, "The father of the black poetry movement." Broadside Press also became the publisher of choice for Pulitzer Prize winners Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden and many other poets of Randall’s generation, including Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez Etheridge Knight and Haki Madhubuti. In addition to the books of poetry, Randall published works of literary criticism by prominent black scholars, and served as the U.S. distributor of books by writers based in other areas of the African diaspora.In 1981 Randall was named the first poet laureate of the city of Detroit and in 2001 the University of Detroit Mercy McNichols campus library where he served as a reference librarian for many years was awarded a Friends of the Library USA (FOLUSA) National literary Landmark designation in his honor. This year, the Library of Michigan selected Broadside’s most recent publication (with the University of Detroit-Mercy), A Different Image: The Legacy of Broadside Press, as one of the 20 Notable Books of Michigan for 2005.Our mission continues: To identify, cultivate, and promote the talents of a large cadre of writers and to foster within our community a passion for African American literature and culture. Since its inception, Broadside Press has been rooted in the Detroit community, but remains devoted to developing the talents of writers throughout the African diaspora. In recognition of its successful efforts, many individuals, community organizations, and funding agencies have supported its programs over the years, making it possible for Broadside Press to continue to play its extraordinary role in the world of literary production.

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Broadside Press Poets Theater

Broadside Press Poets Theater University of Detroit-Mercy November 16, 2008   3:00 p.m.  6:00 pm Groundz Coffee Shop Lower Level of Student Union Enter at Livernois lot Featured Read...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:03:00 GMT

ITS NOT TO LATE!!!!!

ITS NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER! Broadside Press440 Burroughs Detroit MI 48202 bet Cass and Second AveTechtown Bldg next to the Java CafeThe Broadside Press Institute of Cultural Studies will begin tomor...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Detroit Public Library HYPE THE MIC YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

Please forward the message below. I need 3 high school students to compete.DETROIT MAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY H.Y.P.E. THE MICYOUTH POETRY CONTEST Free, Open to the Public!Calling Detroit's t...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:19:00 GMT

Broadside Press Call for Submissions

-->[if gte vml 1]> -->[if !vml]--> -->[endif]--> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS BROADSIDE PRESS   Noted for its history of publishing the foremost...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:42:00 GMT

When I was a child... I acted as a child...

Imagine that you are seventeen years old. Think back. Perhaps you are finally growing out of an awkward stage. Perhaps your mamma, like mine, is now tellin' you how beautiful you are on the outside, a...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:53:00 GMT

On the count of three...

(say F*ck the po-lice)   Can you believe that in 2007, DETROIT police are shooting to kill, unarmed, cooperative men!? I can. Adaora posted this in her bulletin. I searched Detroit News ONline an...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:08:00 GMT

On Sekou Sundiata: Poems from Checkpoint: A Concert of Poets

On Sekou Sundiata: Poems from Checkpoint: A Concert of PoetsCategory: FriendsPoem 1. Presented at the AANM in Dearborn as part of the program Checkpoint: A Concert of Poets, Dec. 1, 2005 with Sekou. P...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT

On Sekou Sundiata:

Author's Note: On Sekou SundiataAurora Harris, August 4, 2007 10:56 am SaturdayBlogs: www.myspace.com/auroradet www.myspace.com/broadsidepressLinks: http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archiv...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:55:00 GMT

Broaside Press mentioned in the Wall Street Journal

TASTE The Day the Music DiedBy JULIA VITULLO-MARTINJuly 20, 2007; Page W11WSJA roar went up in the city of Detroit," says Martha Reeves, recalling the late afternoon of July 23, 1967, when she and th...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:59:00 GMT

We Real Cool...

Mama Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "WE REAL COOL" is one of the first poems my growing, adolecent mind momorized. At the time, it appealed to me because I wasn't...COOL that is. And the piece made me feel li...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:23:00 GMT