UDC's Literature Live! Literary Reading Series, Thursday March 1 @ 7:30 pm

UDC's Literature Live! Literary Reading Series Presents:

Poets Kenny Carroll, Brian Gilmore and bassist Emory Diggs perform in an evening of jazz and poetry
Thursday March 1 @ 7:30 pm
Building 46 West First Floor Recital Hall
Reception to follow program

BIOS


Kenneth Carroll is a poet, writer, and playwright, whose writing has appeared in the following publications, Icarus, In Search Of Color Everywhere, Bum Rush The Page, Potomac Review, Worcester Review, the Washington Post, Words & Images Journal, Indiana Review, American Poetry: The Next Generation, Beyond the Frontier, Gargoyle, Children of the Dream, Spirit & Flame, and Penguin Academics Anthology of African American Poetry. His book of poetry is entitled So What: For The White Dude Who Said This Ain't Poetry, 1997 Bunny & The Crocodile Press. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, Nuyorican Café, Library of Congress, Beyond Baroque, Gala Hispanic Theater, and at universities and cultural institutions around the country. He is executive director of the award-winning community service program DC WritersCorps, and teaches at the Writers Center. He was nominated for a 2005 Pushcart Prize for poetry. He is married and the proud father of a daughter and two sons.


Brian Gilmore is a poet and writer living in the District of Columbia. His first collection of poetry, "elvis presley is alive and well and living in harlem" was published by THIRD WORLD PRESS of Chicago in 1993. His second collection,
"jungle nights and soda fountain rags" (Karibu Books 2000) is a historical tribute to Duke Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies and he has taught poetry at the Catholic University of America and at Lorton Prison. Brian has published essays in The Nation, The Washington City Paper, The Washington Afro-American, and in "Soulfires: Black Men on Love and Violence". His fiction has been published in Obsidian II and Gargoyle while his book reviews have been widely published in many national publications. He has written for the Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Emerge Magazine, and Africana.com. He has lectured at the Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference (1996 and 1997), Emory University in Atlanta, and has appeared on National Public Radio's "This American Life". Brian was born and raised in Washington D.C., and currently resides in Takoma Park, Maryland with his family.

Emory Matthews Diggs, Jr. has worked with several Top 40, jazz, r&b and contemporary gospel bands. Diggs has opened for, recorded with, and shared the stage with greats like Chuck Brown and Eva Cassidy, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Ahmad Jamal, Dizzy Gillespie, Jean Carne, Rachelle Ferrell, and George Duke.