4 Quotes & Sayings By Lennox Dlampkin

Lennox Lampkin is an award-winning author of poetry, prose, and children's books. He is the founder and director of the poetry program at The College of New Jersey, where he has been a faculty member since 1988. His books include the novel The Wind in the Willows (Viking, 2012), a collection of original poetry, The Good Life: An Illustrated Anthology of African American Fantastic Fiction (University Press of Mississippi, 2010), and a collection of essays on African American literature, African American Literature: A Critical Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005). He has also co-edited five anthologies for children including Storycrafting: Creative Writing Activities for Authors and Illustrators (Cengage Learning, 2009) Read more

Prior to teaching at NJIT, he taught at the College of New Jersey for two years as a graduate assistant. In 1996 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to establish the Black Male Literary Project. In 2000 he was awarded a grant from the Commonwealth Fund to establish a creative writing program at NJIT.

Lampkin's publications include poems in Black Male Literary Project Anthology (2002) and in Redefining American Literature: Essays for a New Century (2004). He holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and an MFA from Washington University in St.

Louis.

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We hear so often that we must read but what is more important and often not advised is to always think and question what we read. Reading, retaining and repeating is often called education. Wisdom is when we can read, question, adapt and apply what is relevant to the time and space in which we exist. Lennox D.Lampkin
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Own your errors but never be consumed by them. If you are willing to learn they provide great opportunities for how not to do it a second time around. Lennox D.Lampkin
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If only we can agree that us mortal human beings only have relevance when there are opposing forces and ideas then we would not be so consumed with tribalism. It is our focus on what others do or say that gives them meaning and relevance. Light that points to the clear sky is consumed by darkness. In the absence of a reflective object light has no relevance. Friction/resistance is necessary for forward movement. Lennox D.Lampkin