E. Ethelbert Miller

E. Ethelbert Miller
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Born	(1950-11-20) November 20, 1950 Bronx
Occupation	Professor
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Howard University
Genre	Poetry; Memoir
Website
eethelbertmiller.com/main.html

Eugene Ethelbert Miller, best known as E. Ethelbert Miller (born November 20, 1950) is an African-American poet and teacher.

Life

He was born in the Bronx, New York. He received his B.A. from Howard University. He is the author of nine books of poetry, two memoirs and is the editor of three poetry anthologies. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Poet Lore, and Sojourners.

Miller was the founder and director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series, one of the oldest literary series in the Washington area. Since 1974 he has been director of Howard University's African-American Resource Center. Miller has taught at various schools, including American University, Emory & Henry College, George Mason University, Harpeth Hall School and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was also a core faculty member of the writing seminars at Bennington College. He worked with Operation Homecoming for the NEH.

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A sign on the north entrance to the Dupont Circle Metro station in Washington, D.C. An excerpt from "The Wound-Dresser", by Walt Whitman, is inscribed into the granite wall around the entrance escalators. An excerpt from "We Embrace", by E. Ethelbert Miller, is inscribed into the sidewalk surrounding a nearby circular bench.

He currently serves as board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is also on the boards of Split This Rock and the Writer's Center, and is co-editor of Poet Lore magazine. He is former chair of the Humanities Council of Washington, D. C. and has served on the boards of the AWP, the Edmund Burke School, PEN American Center, PEN/Faulkner Foundation, and the Washington Area Lawyer for the Arts (WALA).

He lives in Washington, D. C. In 1979, Marion Barry, the mayor of Washington, DC, proclaimed September 28, 1979, as "E. Ethelbert Miller Day."

His papers are held at Emory & Henry College and The George Washington University.

Awards

• 2004: Fulbright recipient
• May 21, 2001: Mayor of Jackson, Tennessee declared day as "E. Ethelbert Miller Day"
• 1997: Stephen Henderson Poetry Award
• 1995: O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
• 1994: PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award
• 1993: Columbia Merit Award
• 1982: Mayor's Art Award for Literature
• September 28, 1979: Mayor of Washington, D.C. proclaimed day as "E. Ethelbert Miller Day"

Bibliography

Poetry

• The Fire This Time: 1992 and Beyond Los Angeles (Heaven Chapbook series), (White Fields Press, 1993)
• "The Land of Smiles and the Land of No Smiles: A Poem", (1974)

External links

• "Living the Legacy" - official website
• American Academy of Poets page
• Two Poems by Miller at Beltway Poetry Quarterly
• Audio interview with Grace Cavalieri
• "E. Ethelbert Miller", reverbiage, NPR
• "Poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller", On Being