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Interview with Vernon J. Davis Jr. on BlogTalk Radio 5/17/09

Interview with Vernon J. Davis Jr. on BlogTalk Radio 5/17/09

Vernon Davis Jr. · Sunday, May 10th 2009 at 2:35PM · 438 views
Interview with Author Vernon J Davis Jr. "Love Is The Black Woman"
The Risque Cafe
Date / Time: 5/17/2009 6:00 PM Eastern 3:00 pm Pacific

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Vernon J. Davis jr. has been writing poetry since the early seventies. He was first inspired by Langston Hughes's poem "Impasse", which started his journey and adventure into the world of poetry and the spoken word.Vernon's very first published poem,"Beautiful Black Woman"(the basis for his poetry book) came out in 1978 in a magazine called Black Forum. More poetry followed in other magazines like SoulWord and Dawn, a magazine supplement to the Los Angeles Sentinel, an African-American newspaper.Mr. Davis has also taught Creative Writing and recited his poetry in talent shows, Church gatherings and open-mike forums. He is still inspired by and in awe of Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni and Maya Angelou. His Idols.His creative collection of Love poems,"Love,is, the Beautiful Black Woman" is his 1st book. Vernon's 2nd book of poetry--"The Emosewa Woman"--is due out July 2009.

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