Alumnus Joe Hall just released his second book of poetry, with Black Ocean Press
Program Information
Ben Click, Chair
Professor of English
240-895-4253
baclick@smcm.edu
Office staff: 240-895-4225
Faculty Spotlight
Professor of English Jeffrey Hammond's new book, Little Big World: Collecting Louis Marx and the American Fifties, is being published by University of Iowa Press this fall.
Student Spotlight
Maria Smalldone finds doors opening for her in Oxford, while studying at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Associate Professor of English
Africa and African Diaspora Studies
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Montgomery Hall 124
240-895-4240
jlcoleman@smcm.edu
Jeffrey Lamar Coleman received his B.A. in Communications, with an emphasis in journalism and advertising, from Winthrop University, his M.F.A. in Creative Writing, with an emphasis in poetry, from Arizona State University, and his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era and Spirits Distilled: Poems, published by Red Hen Press. He also serves as poetry editor of The Journal of Hip Hop Studies. His teaching interests include contemporary multicultural American literature, African-American literature, creative writing and literature of the human condition. His teaching interests include literature and music of social protest, African-American literature, creative writing and literary and cinematic representations of 9/11. His poetry and essays have appeared in several publications, including Post-War Literature: 1945-1970, Blue Mesa Review, Black Bear Review, Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature, Critical Essays on Alice Walker and Journal of Social and Political Thought.. With support from the Maryland Humanities Council, he is a frequent guest lecturer throughout the state and country on the history and poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement.
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