WEDNESDAY.FEB.20.2002
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Statewide poetry readings continue Hughes celebrations
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE — Poetry circles will start soon in five Kansas cities as part of a celebration marking the 100th birthday of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
Hughes was born in Joplin, Mo., on Feb. 1, 1902, but spent most of his childhood in Lawrence. He wrote everything from poems — for which he is most remembered — to novels, newspaper stories, plays and short fiction.
The city of Lawrence and the University of Kansas marked the anniversary of Hughes' birth with readings, performances and discussions. The highlight of the celebration was an international symposium
Feb. 7-10.
The poetry circle project,
"Reading and Remembering Langston Hughes" is scheduled to start Feb. 24 in Norton and Feb. 25 in Hays, Independence, Iola and Topea. It's funded with a $6,600 grant from the Kansas Humanities Council.
"Our ultimate goal is to encourage participants to reflect on different kinds of literature and, we hope, to involve them in discussions about how literature shapes and transforms their lives," said John Edgar Tidwell, associate professor of English and project director.
"We hope these Kansas circles will become the basis for a national model that will expand the circles throughout the United States," he said.
Planners were surprised at the turnout when Lawrence tested the poetry circles in October and November. More than 50 people signed up, which forced planners to divide the group in half and have two separate sessions.
Humanities scholars from colleges and universities around the state and the Kansas City area will lead the circles.
Participants in the discussion groups will read four books by Hughes: Not Without Laughter, a fictionalized account of his childhood in Lawrence; The Best of Simple, a series of character sketches in prose; The Big Sea, the first of his two autobiographies; and The Collected Poems.
Ashcroft defends war, speaks of God
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorney General John Ashcroft said the nation's war on terrorism was being waged against those who used the guise of religion to destroy what he called God's gift of freedom.
- In an address to the National Religious Broadcasters yesterday that was steeped in Christianity and included a passage from the Bible, Ashcroft justified the war by portraying the nation as a guardian of freedom, which he said only God can grant and revoke.
"Our enemies hope that by portraying this as a religious conflict, they can disguise their own betrayal of religion," said Ashcroft, standing on a stage bathed in red and blue light, with a video of a fluttering flag projected behind him.
"They hope that by calling America 'the aggressor,' they can conceal their own lust for power and control. They hope that by
"Our enemies hope that by portraying this as a religious conflict, they can disguise their own betrayal of religion."
John Ashcroft U.S. Attorney general
denying America's tolerance and humanity, they can convince the world that they — not we — are intolerant."
The address drew thousands of the more than 5,800 who registered to attend the four-day conference at the Gaylord Opryland hotel.
Randy Jumper, 27, an Assemblies of God minister from Springfield, Mo., said the address helped him define his role in the war.
"We're not fighting a religious war. We're fighting a freedom war." he said. "As an American,
I am called to guard freedom all around the world."
Ashcroft, a lay minister and son of a Pentecostal preacher, is a conservative Christian who has been accused of giving religion too prominent a role at the Justice Department including optional prayer meetings with staff before each work day.
In his speech, Ashcroft said the nation's war on terrorism was a "defense of our freedom in the most profound sense. It is the defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded."
He referred to Deuteronomy 30:19, "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God..."
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