Speaker:  Wendy Roberts, Associate Professor of English, University at Albany Phillis Wheatley is often referred to as the Mother of African American literature, the first Black person, and therefore also the first Black woman living in British North America to publish a book, and, because it was a book of poetry, the first to publish a book of … Continue reading Phillis Wheatley’s Presence: Getting to Know One of America’s First Black Poets

From Baseball to Broadcasting, featuring Wanda Fischer, Host of WAMC's Hudson River Sampler When the Evening Branch of the Women's Alliance (EBWA) Steering committee contacts prospective speakers each spring for the following year, we usually have particular topics in mind. Sometimes a speaker wants to talk about something different, and often we agree to the … Continue reading From Baseball to Broadcasting: EBWA program for December