Haki Madhubuti
Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti, poet, author, publisher, and educator, is regarded as an architect of the Black Arts Movement and is founder and publisher of Chicago’s Third World Press. Third World Press celebrated its 55th anniversary in September of 2022.
CPC Readings
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
with Michael Anania
The Art Institute of Chicago
Poetry by Haki Madhubuti
The Death Dance Continue reading
for Maxine
my empty steps mashed
your face in a mad
rhythm of happiness.
as if i was just learning to
boo-ga-loo.
Gwendolyn Brooks Continue reading
she doesn’t wear
costume jewelry
& she knew that walt disney
was/is making a fortune off
false-eyelashes and that time magazine is the
authority on the knee/grow.
her makeup is total-real.