Woodward Lecture Series: Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd: “Turning Poetry Into Film”

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd will discuss how two art forms converge in The Black Unicorn: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press by illustrating how verbal imagery was transferred into cinematic language to reflect the creative complexity of a poet. Bio: Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, a native Detroiter, is the 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist, a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan. She is a poet, biographer, editor and filmmaker. She is the author of two biographies, nine books of poetry, and the editor of two poetry anthologies.