Patricia Smith Named Editor of Miller Williams Poetry Series
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Acclaimed poet Patricia Smith has been named series editor for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and will select the winner and finalists of the annual $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Smith is the author of seven books of poetry and the...
Jose Padua Named 2019 Miller Williams Poetry Prize Winner
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jose Padua has won the 2019 Miller Williams Poetry Prize for his collection A Short History of Monsters. A finalist was also named: Jess Williard for his collection Unmanly Grief. Padua and Williard were selected by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy...Journal of Sport History reviews Sport, Culture, and Society titles
“DC Sports would be a useful addition to undergraduate courses in sports history, sociology, and African American studies.” —Journal of Sport History, Summer 2016 “Swanson and Wiggins have assembled a collection of ambitious scope and compelling topics that...
The First Twenty-Five featured in Arkansas Life
On May 23, 1961,” Dr. LaVerne Bell-Tolliver writes in the opening lines of her new book, “the Little Rock School Board designated twenty-five students to be the first African-Americans (then called “Negroes” or “Coloreds”) to attend four of the five public Little Rock...