Fine Fury: Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks at 90
Confirmed Guests:
Sonia Sanchez, Martin Espada, Donda West, Nora Brooks Blakely, William Cox, Tayari Jones, Kalisha Buchanon, Margo Crawford, Camille Dungy, Janice N. Harrington, Randall Horton, Bakari Kitwana, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Adrian Matejka, Nicole Mitchell, Gregory Pardlo, Ed Roberson, and Evie Shockley. Additional invited guests: Shepsu Aakhu, Cheryl Clarke, Cheryl Corley, Debbie Holton-Wood, Karen Jordan, Robert Jordan, Achy Obejas, Bayo Ojikutu, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, and Julius Thompson.

Journal Submissions
This year’s conference theme will focus on the rich literacy, cultural, and creative contributions emerging from and pertaining to the African Diaspora. We invite you to send two poems, a short story, or a critical essay for possible publication in the 2007/08 edition of WarpLand: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas. Topics should focus on the conference theme or works of a writer listed in the previous paragraph.Please submit a printed copy and WordPerfect or Microsoft Word file on a PC formatted disk.

Send submissions to: 
Journal Submissions/Gwendolyn Brooks Center 
Chicago State University 
9501 S. King Drive LIB 210A
Chicago, Illinois 60628-1598
Writers whose submissions have been selected will be contacted October 16, 2006.

Verbs & Vibes
The worlds of Literature and Jazz collide when University Distinguished Professor Haki R. Madhubuti joins Nicole Mitchell, ranked #1 in Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll for "Rising Star Flute," and the Black Earth Ensemble reprise Mr. Madhubuti's acclaimed poetry and jazz LP, Rise Vision Coming. This "Verbs & Vibes" performance is scheduled for Thursday, October 18, 2007, from 7 - 9 p.m.