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11/25/02

CANADIAN POET PART OF SLU WRITERS SERIES

CANTON - One of Canada's most versatile poets, Afua Cooper, will 
read from her works in an appearance at St. Lawrence University 
on Thursday, December 5, at 8:15 p.m. in Eben Holden. The event 
is part of the St. Lawrence Writers Series, and is open to the 
public, free of charge.
	Cooper is of Afro-Caribbean origin, and incorporates 
African riddims and the musical vibes of the Black diaspora in 
her poetry, which has a strong sense of place, underscored by a 
feminist sensibility. She has published four books of poems, reads 
in many venues in many nations, and her work has been anthologized 
and recorded. Cooper  is the co-author of We're Rooted Here and 
They Can't Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women's History, 
and completed a thesis on Henry Bibb, a 19th-century 
African-American abolitionist who lived and worked in Ontario. 
Cooper teaches sociology at Ryerson University.
	For more information, contact the English department 
at 315-229-5125.

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