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Press Release
Marvin X Kicks Off National Book Tour At
Geoffreys's
Contact: Marvin X, 510-472-9589
On Sunday, September 18, 3-6PM, the Oakland Post Newspaper
will host a book party for Marvin X at Geoffrey's, 410 14Th ST at
Franklin, downtown Oakland. Marvin X, who grew up in West
Oakland, will celebrate the release of two books, Wish I Could
Tell You The Truth, essays, 2005, and Land of My Daughters,
poems, 2005, Black Bird Press, Cherokee CA. The event is
sponsored by the Oakland Post Newspaper Group. Marvin X
published several essays in the Post that now appear in Wish I
Could Tell You the Truth. The reading/book party is the
start of the poet's national book tour that will take him
to the South and East.
September 27, University of
Arkansas, Fayette ville
October 1, Amiri Baraka's House,
Newark NJ
October 6, Medgar Evers College,
Brooklyn, NY
October 8, Freedom Theatre,
Philadelphia
October 10, New York University,
Manhattan
October 12, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
At Geoffrey's, the poet will read and sign his latest books.
The event is free with book purchase. Marvin X is
inviting his friends to read from his works: James Sweeney,
George Holland, Michael Lange, Ayodele Nzinga, Horace Wheatley,
Ben Travis, John Burris, Alona Clifton, Suzzette Celeste, Wanda
Sabir, Ptah Allah-El, Ice Lyfe, Colored Ink, Naru, Paradise,
Larry Ukali-Johnson, Opal Palmer, Al Young, Ishmael Reed, Julia
and Nathan Hare, Cecil Brown.
Comments
Marvin X has always been in the
forefront of Pan African writing. Indeed, he is one of the
founders and innovators of the revolutionary school of African
writing.
--Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)
When you listen to Tupac, E-40,
Too Short, Master P or any other rappers out of the Bay Area of
Cali, think of Marvin X. He laid the foundation and gave us the
language to express Black Male urban experience in a lyrical
way.
--James G. Spady, Philadelphia New Observer
Call 510-472-9589 for more information.
posted 10 September 2005 |
