Haki R. Madhubuti is an award-winning poet, one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement, an essayist, educator, founder and publisher of Third World Press Foundation. He is the author of more than 30 books of poetry and nonfiction. A long-time community activist and institution builder. Madhubuti is a co-founder of several schools in Chicago. His distinguished teaching career of 42 years including Columbia College, Cornell University, Howard University, University of Iowa, Chicago State University and DePaul University.
Lasana Kazembe is a poet, teaching artist, and Assistant Professor of Education at Indiana University-Indianapolis, and serves as Senior Editor & Director of Special Projects at Third World Press Foundation. He has published articles on race, culture, and education and is the editor of Write to Be, an anthology featuring poetry from incarcerated writers at Stateville Prison. He is editor of a forthcoming book entitled Keeping Peace, featuring an in-depth interview with Cornel West, Fr. Michael Pfleger, and Haki Madhubuti.
