B. 1950
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Melissa Tuckey

E. Ethelbert Miller is the author of two memoirs and several books of poetry. For 17 years, he served as the editor of Poet Lore magazine. He hosts the weekly WPFW morning radio show, On The Margin. He was inducted into the Washington, DC Hall of Fame in 2015. He was awarded the 2016 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature. Miller received a congressional award from Congressman Jamie Raskin in recognition of his literary activism. He was a Spoken Word and Poetry album Grammy finalist in 2023.