Dr. M's Revolution on the Rocks Book Tour 2012

In this 2010 video clip, Marvin X performs at the African American Museum/Library in Oakland CA. Poet Phavia Kujichagulia reads Parable of the Green Revolution,  from the first edition of The Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables/fables by Marvin X. Dr. M reads Enough, Enough, Enough, from his poetry collection In the Land of My Daughters, Black Bird Press, Berkeley, 2002, accompanied by Rashidah Sabreen, vocals and guitar, performing her original song I'm Ready for a New Love. Video by Ken Johnson

Dr. M/Marvin X is currently on the east coast promoting the second edition of The Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables/fables, Black Bird Press, 2012.


November 2012

1          Thursday, 6-8pm, Sankofa Books, 2714 Georgia Avenue, NW, Wash DC
2-4       Black Power to Hip Hop Conference, Howard University, Wash DC
4          Sunday, 7pm, Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd., NE, Wash DC
9          Friday, 7pm, Moonstone Art Center, 110 South 13th Street, Philadelphia PA
16        Friday, 3pm, Black and Nobel Books, 1411 West Erie Ave., Philadelphia
TBA    Dr. Joyce Joyce/Sonia Sanchez hosts Dr. M, Temple University, Philly

TBA    New York schedule

For information and/or booking, contact: Sun in Leo PR, 718-496-2305
prgirl@ suninleo.com

Tour sponsored by Black Bird Press, Sun in Leo Public Relations, Academy of da Corner, Oakland Post Newspaper Group
www.blackbirdpressnews.blogspot.com

Black Arts West Founding Father  Dr. M/aka Marvin X  East Coast Book Tour Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend About Marvin X:http://blackbirdpressnews.blogspot.com Marvin X’s has been a published writer for over 40 years and has a storied past as a writer, teacher, community activist, journalist, entrepreneur, husband, father, and recovered addict.  He has befriended, offended and crossed paths with the likes of Huey Newton, president Ronald Reagan, Amiri Baraka, the Republicans, the Democrats, Donald Rumsfeld, Eldridge Cleaver, and Jim & Tammy Faye Baker just to name a few! He chronicles the Black experience, the American experience in language that is raw, gritty and brutally honest.  Highly informed, Marvin X speaks to many societal levels and to both genders—to the intellectual as well as to the man/woman on the street or the unfortunate in prison—to the mind as well as the heart. He shuns political correctness for the truth of life and common sense dominates his thought.  Marvin X’ work in advocating racial cohesion and religious dedication as an antidote to the legacy of racism he saw around him in the 1960s and 1970s has made him an important voice of his generation. He has lectured at California College of the Arts and taught at Fresno State University; San Francisco State University; UC-Berkeley and San Diego; University of Nevada, Reno; Mills College, Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland. Dr. M/Marvin X,  teacher, community activist, published author for over 40 years, and one of the founding fathers of the Black Arts Movement, hits the east coast to celebrate the release of his latest title, The Wisdom of Plato Negro. The Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables/fables is a post-modern version of the ancient tradition of story telling. Says Rudolph Lewis, "Marvin X has expanded contemporary literature. I suspect there is nothing like them in post-modern American literature." Ishmael Reed declares, "...If I had to pin down the influence upon Marvin X...I would cite the Yoruba texts: texts in the Yoruba language reveal that didacticism is a key component of the Yoruba story telling style.... Marvin X imparts wisdom by employing cautionary tales and uses his own life and mistakes to consul the young to avoid mistakes." His recent stop in Houston included appearances at SHAPE Community Center, Khepera Books, University of Houston, Africana Studies Department, and Texas Southern University School of Business. The tour will continue with dates in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC at the Black Power Hip Hop Conference, November 2-4. Marvin X is available for lectures, speaking engagements, and book signings. For Booking, contact: Sun in Leo PR | 718 496 2305 | prgirl@suninleo.com Marvin X and mentor, the incomparable Sun Ra The Wisdom of Plato Negro, cover of latest release