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BRIEFS
books for Black children written
by Blacks in the Detroit Public
School system, The Guild spon­
sors a Book Give-A- Way Pro­
gram every year to elementary
schools,
Willie Williams, a poet and
photographer, represented
Hilda and Don Vest's Broadside
Press, Williams' table was full of
books by poets Gwendolyn
Brooks, Murray Jackson, Leslie
Reese, Aneb Kgositsile, Alvin
Aubert, Michele Gibbs and
Sharon Smith-Knight,
Hilda Vest hasjust published
are small photographs, Her jew­
elry is also old at the Gallery for
Contemporary Crafts in the
isher Building, the Museum of
African American History, the
Shrine of the Black Madonna
Bookstore and Cultural Center
and Twenty-One Ten Elizabeth
Street Shop,
Wayne County Commis­
sioner Edna Bell gave certifi­
cat to all participating poets
and expr s d her appreciation
of Patricia Avant's en­
trepreneurial spirit,
Wayne State University in­
structors Anne Finger, Lolita
Hernandez and Schaarazetta
Natelege will conduct a free
itin workshop F day, Feb,
1 , at th k loft on 10833
Joseph Campau at Caniff in'
Hamtramck.
On unday, Feb. 20, the
Broad id Poets Theater pre­
sents a poetry workshop at 2
p.m. at the Urban Coffee House
1301 W t Lafayette at Brook�
lyn in downtown D troit. A po­
etry reading will start at 3 p.m,
featuring Leonard King and
Raymond McKinney, For those
poets who would like to read,
the e is a open microphone and
an admission of $5.
To submit work to Innova­
tions, write 19981 Klinger, D -
troit, Mich, 48234.
For information. about next
year's fair, call Patricia Avant at
567-0205.
Leonard Andrews pictured with his wife, poet-teacher Naomi
Long Madgett, winner of a 1993 American Book Award.
sold her latest book, Rem em - her second book, SOIT9w'S End,
brances of Spring, Collected and will read her poetry with
Early Poems, Mildred Hunt, Alvin Aubert and
Willie Williams on Sunday, Feb.
27, at the Detroit Institute of
Arts,
Ventra Asana, who was a
Bro dside Press Poet in Resi­
dence last year at the Mark
Twain Branch Library, briskly
sold her first book, Lightning
Blue Thoughts and Love Imag­
inings, She was pleased with the
response to her book and plans .
to participate in the book fair
next year.
NEW POET Heather Bucha­
nan, a Wayne State University
s nior, was selling Innovations,
a journal of African American
experience, "I wanted this type
of creative outlet for Afric n
Am rican writers, particularly
for write who ar new to the
field. Innovations is in its third
year of print," aid Buchanan.
Poetry readings were held
throughout the day, The Detroit
Black Writers Guild, a nonprofit
literary organization, started in
1983 by Peggy A. Moore, was
concerned about the lack of
JEWELRY VENDOR
Yvonne sold her photostory jew­
elry which features pins which
Heather Buchanan, editor and
poet, reads her poetry,
Jewelry vendors Abdul and Aboyami Rat)eem of UJAMAA A
crafts, masks and other products at the Book Fair.
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ociate sell authentic African arts,
H rb and Gerr' M toy r ofth
books.
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organ donation
prompt legl lation
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by a request from a white donor
that his organs only be trans­
planted into another white
son, a Florida la wm kar ia
proposing legislation to ban.uch
practices. The request that
of 24-year-old Ku Klux Klan
ympathizer Thom Simmons.
Simmons was shot tod thby
a Black t nagar during an ap­
parent robbery in 1990. But
state nator Jam Hargett la­
beled the stipulation "racist."
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person from restricting organ
transplants based on race, sex
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By EFUA KORANTEMA
Special to the Michigan Citizen
Patricia Avant just wanted
African American writers to get
more recognition and have a fo­
rum for their work. Avant's Posi­
tive Press Publishing Company
presented new and, veteran writ­
ers to Detroit on Feb, 5 at Cobo
Hall,
Avant had a full room of ven­
dor and constant traffic
through the fair all day,
Naomi Long Madgett, winner
of a 1993 American Book a ward,