Poet Herbert Martin had never before written a religious piece, but he had created various forms of spirituals through his poetry. The premier performance of their joint effort will highlight the UD President's Concert, to be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 16, in the Kennedy Union Boll Theatre.
Admission is free and open to the public.
That's how the text began to evolve. And I asked Herbert to create a new text because the original had been done so many times. Their individual talents set them up as a good match from the beginning. Martin, who has been at UD since 1970, is a prolific and award-winning author whose most recent collections include Galileo's Suns , published by Bottom Dog Press, and The Log of the Vigilante , a journal of slave captivity. The Log has been awarded first prize in a poetry competition held by Mellen Press, which will publish the collection this spring.