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The
Langston
Hughes
Festival
The Langston Hughes Festival celebrates the
life and spirit of the poet laureate of Harlem, Langston Hughes (1902-1967).
Our celebration includes a ceremony where we award The Langston Hughes Medal to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora for their impressive volumes of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes. Our celebration includes occasional salons, scholarly conferences and symposia as well as the sponsorship of a Choral Reading Festival for students grade K through 12 and The Young Scholar’s High School Essay Contest.
The Langston Hughes Festival Committee:
Gordon Thompson, Director
Jeanette Adams
Charles Frye
William Gibbons
Venus Green
Jo-Ann Hamilton
James de Jongh
Gloria Thomas
Jerry Watts
Dean J. Fred Reynolds, ex officio
Mail or e-mail all correspondence to:
Prof. Gordon Thompson
The Langston Hughes Festival
The City College of New York
North Academic Center, 6/216C
138th St. and Convent Ave.
New York, NY10031
Tel: 212-650-6353
Fax: 212-650-5410
Email: lhf@ccny.cuny.edu
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/lhf
Symposium
Location:
The
City
College
of New
York
The
Great
Hall
at Shepard
Hall
West
140th
St and
Convent
Ave
New
York,
NY 10031
Allied
Organizations:
The
English
Department
at CCNY
THE
LANGSTON
HUGHES
FESTIVAL
THIRD
SYMPOSIUM
An
event
made possible
in part
by the
New
York Council
for the
Humanities,
a state
affiliate
of the
National
Endowment
for the
Humanities
Co-sponsored
by The
Simon
H. Rifkind
Center
of the
Division
of Humanities
&
IRADAC
at
The
City College
of the
City University
of New
York
New York,
NY
on
October
26, 2007
Lift
Every
Voice:
Black
Lyricism
in the
African
American
Poetic
Tradition
of Paul
Laurence
Dunbar
and Langston
Hughes
Paper
Proposals:
On music,
song,
and lyricism
in the
poetry
of
Paul
Laurence
Dunbar___Langston
Hughes*
Sterling
Brown*
___Bob
Kaufman*
Jayne
Cortez*___Michael
Harper*
Amiri
Baraka
Sonia
Sanchez___Yusef
Komunyakaa
Ntozake
Shange___Sherley
Anne Williams
And other
appropriate
African
American
poets
[*These authors have already been apportioned to special guest scholars]
Authors
are requested
to submit
an abstract
of 250
words
(in plain
text or
word format)
by June
1, 2007
together
with a
5-7 page
CV and
short
biography.
Include
contact
information:
e-mail,
postal
address,
&
phone
numbers.
Send
abstract
and paper
proposals
to Professor
Gordon
Thompson
(see contact
info left)
Registration
Fee: $12-Regular;
$6-Students/seniors
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212-650-6365 • Fax: 212-650-5410 • E-mail: lhf@ccny.cuny.edu