Wor ld renowned poet, educator and writer Margaret Walker AleX8DderwiD be speak­ ing on the main campus of Wayne State University Thursday, May 12 at 7 p.m, The program will De held at the McGregor emorial Con­ ference Center. In addition, she will appear at the Detroit Public Schools Foren iC; Festival, . Friday, May 13 at 8:45 a.m. at the • WSU General Lectures Hall and for a poetry reading and lec­ ture held at 7:30 p.m. at the Rackham Auditorium at the En­ gineering Society of Detroit, fol­ lowed by a reception at the Museum of African American History. Walker had her first volume of poetry, For My People, pu . hed in 1942. The book won for er the prestigious Yale You er Poet Award. A Yale-­ pub ed volume of poetry used her boo's title and included some of her verses. The intro­ duction to the book was written by the late poet and hort story writer, Stephen Vincent Benet. This volume w a best seller for 16 years. In 1966, she wrote her prize winning novel, Jubliee. It has . been reprinted 43 times and translated into French, Spanish, German and Swedish. It has sold 3 million copies in the paper­ back edition alone. Continuing her writing, she penned Prophets lor a New Day, in 1970; How I Wrote Jubliee, in 1972; and a critical biography of Richard Wright, TM Daemonic Genius 01 Richard Wright, in 1988. Dr. Alexander received her undergraduate degree from orthwe tern University and her master's and doctoral ,degree from the U Diversity of I atWSU Iowa. She taught at West Vir­ ginia State College and Livingston College early in her career then joined the faculty of f Mississippi State College wher she taught for more than three. I decades. MICHIGAN LEAGUE OR HUMAN SERVICES will hold a Public Policy Forum, "Reducing Deptntkncy in a Changing Economy" on Wed­ nesday, May 18, 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. at .the Lansing Civic Center. . Featured Speaker: Joe Stroud, Editor, Detroit Free Press. Stroud, Will discuss the major fm