Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry is a three-week summer institute for college and university teachers, as well as graduate students, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities that responds to the resurgence of interest in contemporary poetry, its expanded production and wide circulation. We will focus on the history, changes and modal transformations of African American poetry in our cultural and social landscape and consider three critical periods: 1900-1960, 1960-80 and 1980-present.

The stipend for this three-week institute will be $2,700 for each NEH Summer Scholar, to cover travel, housing and food. The application deadline for the summer institute is March 4, 2013.