Southeastern Massachusetts University - Scrimshaw Yearbook (North Dartmouth, MA)

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TIO SMEJVSEU Hoagland was born in 1942. He is a native ol Pliiladelphia and currently .in .is-s.i-.rat-. ini:---sc: I' i - ,- - 15 POGUY and short fiction have appeared in numerous periodic-,its and ,,,,ili..il..p,,,. ,,,,p,,1,,,,. ir, H , , p ,. 932lHf2llTlJ, New Black Voices flhentorl, Heartblowllllinoisl. Black World x1L.lgLlllllL'H. lite .'Xll1L'lli..tli I'-it-lti'.-ul-'r-'. avF5lQ:dgf:lg1gin?.Ll?sWEE3g1g lggitrly Ehglllayers 'The Massachusetts Review llc has been llre rc.igiit-nt. ot '.,iii-inf for his Oet. l , U1 gc area H, .OO fellowship front the Massachusetts Arts and llttttiatitltes 1 .,r,,,,1,,r,.,,, P tc series entit ed Sonic Vision 119753, and also the Ciwendolyn Brooks Award tor 1'-or-try Pf0feS?Qf H02l81311d 1188 Corltmued to writelas well as inspire a great many of his students to write poetry ll his year. under the spiritual leadership and professional guidance of Professor Hoagland. a group of students created thc tirst llnrd vtiiild writing ensemble called the North Star Nova. The groups main objective is to bring cultural at-tarciit-ss lu the surrounding community fconsistent with SMU's commitment to the eonimunityl. via dramatic presentations, pot-tis readings, dancing, and singing. The North Star Nova is made up of seven students and one statt tneniltct l rica lwiti.: Joanne Diamond, Melvin Richards, Stephanie Gibson, Elizabeth Watkins. Wanda Castro. Morris Harris. and Mary Jaclsoii It has been this type of dedication and the great respect and admiration which both students and liellovt faculty hasc tor him, that we have dedicated this year's Scrimshaw to the man, Everett Hoagland. S: As a Black man, professor, and writer, you are obviously involved--that is, your writing is a form of involvement-but how do you see yourself in relation to the Black community, both the SMU academic community and beyond? H: I don't differentiate between the academic Black community and the urban Black community. My writing carries international significance. When I went to Jamaica I was surprised at how many people had read my works, which have appeared in Black World , Players , Third World and other books and magazines. Manchupa Suitew, and Rite of the Sister are two local pieces which deal with a theme that has international conotations. I try to jump up and down about Sambo's. S: Your 'jumping up and down about Sambo's has affected this community to a large extent, especially your poems Batuki , and Manchupa Suite . Why have they been so controversial? What was your intent? H The poems really put people in a defensive posture. They didnit do what I had hoped they'd do. That is provide a forum for discussion and analysis and criticisms on some long standing misconceptions, identity crises which in fact are, in many cases, self-perpetuated. S: To change the subject for a moment, I'd like to know your feeling on the fact that we've been losing Black scholars at SM U5 some due to monetary reasons. What do you think the future at SMU will hold for the Black community? H: I lament the loss and miss the person of Luis Wilson who was a Godsend, as far as I'm concerned. He was a scholarly young man who was an Africanist and who was faciled a lot of the things that l've been learning about. His background in African history supplemented my interests and developing background in ,African literature. I understand why he left and it may be one of the reasons why I may have to leave, that is because I have responsibilities, not only a son, I have basic fundamental ones like dental work and an automobile. llm an associate professor, I've been promoted and given tenure in three years which should indicate that my job has been more than satisfactory, but I'm still at the level at which I was first hired despit the fact that I was given the impression I was going to get a raise. and my situation is analogous to the situation of over 25 people. lt seems unfair when you have put in as much time and invested as much money in education as, say. someone who is a lawyer or a doctor or a professor at a richer school. Yculve got to move. youlve got a right to move. Teaching at SMU. believe it or not is a hung. it is not your life. and it is your lite that you are responsible to. The job Situation for Junior professors at SML' does not allow one to fulfill one's responsibiliti es to one's life. especially if one is interested in travelling. That is one of the reasons that SMU is not able to attract interesting Black scholars The State Legislature has no committment to a State University. financially. lt's a lip service committment. S: What is the situation of nzost post-secondary schools 2 H: The Junior High School shitts the blame for a lack of learning to thc elementary school. the High School to the Junior High. and the Colleges to the High Schools. One of the things we are not willing to talk about is the home. As far as l'm concerned the home is probably the I'ltOsl important thing outside of college. I was raised in a fatnily headed by a posttnan. a family in which the mother did not work and l think a lot of people are just lazy with their kids and are not doing the things that they should bt doing. Continued on page 6

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E E ara PHOTO BY ALICE TRIMIEW For Phyllis and Nina WHEN When they put you bloody and immaculate on your mother's diaphanous stomach you kneaded your shadow love stared milk and your mother cooed CZWG. There will be no poetry when there is no sea inside the seashells when the seashells are empty ears. M, . Everett Hoagland and his son Kamal Until then let us celebrate the surf the deep blued whale 's songs in our ears and hear everything silhouetted by silence like your cry for beamed moon-juice in this dark room tonight. As we listen to a woman 's, Whales and Nightingales. 4' a An album by Judy Collins

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