Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 9, 1991                   TAG: 9104090244
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV9   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

POET AVA L. HAYMON TO READ IN BLACKSBURG

Haymon, who lives in Baton Rouge, La., writes about the power of Earth, women, memory, grief, the Mississippi River and Louisiana cooking.

She also gives poetry workshops in schools in conjunction with the Arts Council of Louisiana and will conduct a few at New River schools during her visit.

Her plays for children, "Tellin' on the Levee" and "The Quest of Jody Nothing," have toured extensively in her home state.

A reception afterward will feature Haymon's Louisiana cooking. For information, call the headquarters library at 382-6965 or the Blacksburg branch at 552-8246.