E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist. He is the board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). He is a board member of The Writer’s Center and editor of Poet Lore magazine. Since 1974, he has been the director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University. Miller is the former chair of the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. and a former core faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College.

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Interview with Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet and educator Kalamu ya Salaam talks with E. Ethelbert Miller about Hurricane Katrina, war, and geopolitics.

Interview with Martin Espada

E. Ethelbert Miller talks with poet Martin Espada about the rainforest of Puerto Rico, the shantytowns of Nicaragua, and the poetry of Pablo Neruda.

Buddhism and War

Charles Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller Buddhism and war

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    CityLit returns with a focus on social justice

    The Baltimore Sun | April 8, 2016

    Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination

    The Nation | February 2, 2009

    Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package

    The Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times | February 2, 2009

    Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package

    The Herald Press | January 25, 2009

    Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package

    The Mansfield News Journal | January 25, 2009

    Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package

    The Bemidji (MN) Pioneer | January 22, 2009

    The Poetics of Botero’s Abu Ghraib Paintings

    Foreign Policy In Focus | December 31, 2007

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