James Madison University - Furious Flower Poetry Center
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- Sponsors Type
- Academic
- Country
- United States
- Grant Types
- Fellowship/Scholarship/Dissertation Artistic/Exhibit/Collection
- Topics
- poetry writing african american literature black women’s studies african american memory african literature black theatre creative writing arabic poetry african american studies black protest
Contact Info
- Phone
- 540/568-8883
- furiousflower@jmu.edu
- Address
- 500 Cardinal Dr. MSC 3802, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-0001
Last modified on 2026-06-28 20:48:36
Description
**About Us**
**Celebrate. Educate. Preserve.**
The nation's first academic center for Black poetry, the Furious Flower Poetry Center is committed to ensuring the **visibility, inclusion, and critical consideration of Black poets** in American letters, as well as in the whole range of educational curricula. Our programming, which includes poetry workshops, readings, and our literary journal *[The Fight and The Fiddle](https://fightandfiddle.com/ "The Fight and The Fiddle Literary Journal"),* seeks to cultivate an appreciation for poetry among students of all levels-from elementary to graduate school and beyond. In addition, Furious Flower seeks to preserve the history of Black poets for future generations.
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