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	The author of the chapbooks The God Engine and The Whetting of Teeth, Jamaal May is an editor of the Organic Weapon Arts Chapbook Series and the 2011-2013 Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University.

Award winning slam poet to perform at LHU

March 15, 2012

As part of its UpWrite Reading Series, Lock Haven University welcomes print and Spoken Word poet Jamaal May. May, a three-time Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam Champion and two-time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist, will perform on Thursday, March 29, at 7:00 pm in the multipurpose room of The Parsons Union Building. The event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

The author of the chapbooks The God Engine and The Whetting of Teeth, Jamaal May is an editor of the Organic Weapon Arts Chapbook Series and the 2011-2013 Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University. Besides his many readings, he has performed on television, radio, and in such documentaries as “A Poet in Every Classroom” and “Televising a Revolution,” jury prize winner at the 2010 Trinity Film Festival. Currently, he is working on his first full-length poetry collection, a finalist for the National Poetry Series..

In addition to his evening event at LHU, May will meet with classes, have lunch with students, and conduct a Spoken Word workshop. LHU’s Spoken Word group, Lyrically Speaking, will perform at the luncheon.

LHU’s UpWrite series, which emphasizes diversity from a number of different angles, is sponsored this semester by the Office of Human and Cultural Diversity, the English department, and FASSt. To learn more about Jamaal May and his work, please see http://www.jamaalmay.com/

For additional information about UpWrite, contact the co-directors at mmaddoxh@lhup.edu or dwashing@lhup.edu

Lock Haven University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the largest provider of higher education in the commonwealth.  Its 14 universities offer more than 250 degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study.  Nearly 405,000 system alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.

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