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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
INFORMATION SERVICES - HAYES HALL BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14214

Gary Alan DeWaal, 636-2626

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

INFOP..MATION SERVICES . .. THE CROFTS BUILDING . . . AMHERST,

N. Y.

14260

FOR RELEASE: ON RECEIPT

SAM GREENLEE AND MAYA ANGELOU TO SPEAK AT U/B

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two contemporary Black writers will

be

appearing at the State University at Buffalo within the next three
weeks.
Sam Greenlee, most famous for his novel, The Spook Who Sat
E]l the Door, will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 4:00 p.m. in

the Norton Union Fillmore Room, while Maya Angelou, most famous
for her fictional compositions, I_ Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
and Gather Together in

My

Name, will speak on Monday, October 4,

at 8:00 p.m. in the Norton Union Conference Theatre.
No admission fee will
although a $1 fee will

be collected for Mr. Greenlee' s lecture

be charged for admission to showings of the

film version of The Spook who Sat by
p.m. in the same room.

the Door at 7:00 and 9:00

Admission to Ms. Angelou's talk will be

$2.

Both presentations are sponsored by the U/B Black Student Union.
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Born in Chicago, Mr. Greenlee terms himself "a second
generation immigrant from the deep South."

He has received a

bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and has done
graduate work in International Relations at the University of
Chicago.
A former foreign service officer for the U.S. Information
Agency.

Mr. Greenlee has written

three novels besides the Spook

Who Sat By the Door, as well as a three act play, and five short
stories.

He also has written

a volume of poetry entitled "Blues

for an African Princess.
A singer, educator, dancer, author, historian, lecturer, actress,
producer, editor, song writer and playwright, Mr. Angelou is the
former associate editor of the Arab Observer in Cairo.

She

performed for a European touring company of "Porgy and Bess"
and has taught dance at the Rome Opera House and the Habima Theatre in
Tel Aviv.

She is author of two novels and two collections of

poetry, Just Give Me

a

Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie and Oh

Pray my Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well.

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