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Douglas nominated for Image Award
A
cofounder of the Kentucky-based literary group the
Affrilachian Poets is among the nominees for the
41st NAACP Image Awards.
Mitchell
L. H. Douglas’
Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem has been
recognized in the Outstanding Literary Work-Poetry category.
Published by Red Hen Press of
Los Angeles
in 2009,
Cooling Board is Douglas’ debut collection.
A press
conference announcing the nominees was held at the SLS Hotel
at Beverly
Hills on Jan. 6.
The
announcement of the award nomination coincides with Douglas’
plans to launch a second tour in support of the book on Jan.
18 (Martin
Luther King Day) in
St. Louis, MO.
Cooling Board, a book-length persona poem honoring
the late soul legend
Donny Hathaway,
is partially based in
St. Louis,
Hathaway’s boyhood home.
More
than 1,200 entries were received for this year’s contest. A
committee of industry professionals and NAACP leaders from
across the country selected five nominees in each of the 53
categories. Final selections are subject to a vote by NAACP
members. Winners will be announced during the live airing of
the 41st NAACP
Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. on FOX.
Visit
http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/nominees-and-voting/nominees/
for a full list of nominees.
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