By Bill Castanier on March 22, 2010
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Suheir Hammad rocks the world of poetry and you can hear and see her perform 9 p.m., Friday, March 26 on the MSU campus at the Abbott Café on the first floor of Abbott Hall. Her visit is sponsored by the MSU Center for Poetry.
Hammad is from Brooklyn by way of Palestine and is an outspoken activist and spoken word artist. She is frequently seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam and speaks for those who have no voice. She will make you squirm. Visit her website by clicking here. And watch her perform “We spent the 4th of July in Bed†on YouTube by clicking here.
The event is free.
Posted in Activism, Arts-plus, Literary Lansing, News | Tagged Center of Poetry, MSU, Spoken word, Suheir Hammad |
Bill Castanier has been an award-wining weekly newspaper editor, advertising and public relations executive in his 40 year career. In addition, he has been an executive with a newspaper trade association and founded Michigan’s first technology association, I-TE@M. He writes a weekly newspaper feature on Michigan authors and is on the Board of the Kerrytown BookFest and the Michigan Notable Book Awards. He has the only daily blog on Michigan literature (
Mittenlit) and founded
Spartanpodcast.com.
