In 1996, Miller delivered the commencement
address at Emory and Henry College and was
awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of
Literature. He has been a Fulbright Senior
Specialist Program Fellow to Israel in 2004 and
2012.
Miller is often heard on National Public Radio.
He is host of the weekly morning radio show
On the Margin which airs on WPFW-FM 89.3.
Miller is host and producer of The Scholars on
UDC-TV, and his E-Notes has been a popular
blog since 2004. On April 19, 2015, Miller was
inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame.
In 2016, Miller received the AWP George
Garrett Award for Outstanding Community
Service in Literature and the DC Mayor’s Arts
Award for Distinguished Honor.
E. Ethelbert Miller
E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary
activist. He is the author of several collections
of poetry and two memoirs. Miller serves as
the board chair of the Institute for Policy
Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank located
in Washington, D.C. and is a board member for
The Community Foundation for the National
Capital Region. For fourteen years he has been
the editor of Poet Lore, the oldest poetry
magazine published in the United States.
His latest book of poetry, The Collected Poems
of E. Ethelbert Miller, edited by Kirsten Porter
and published in March 2016 by Aquarius
Press, is a comprehensive collection that
represents over 40 years of his career as a
poet.
www.eethelbertmiller.com
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