Writer, poet, professor, and Detroiter M.L. Liebler grabs a national literary award.
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Detroit-born poet/professor M.L. Liebler, who for decades has helped
support and promote other Detroit writers and poets, has been honored
for his selfless spirit with a prestigious national award, the 2010
Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award.
The award is
bestowed by the literary magazine Poets and Writers to honor "authors
who have given generously to other writers or to the broader literary
community."
Liebler has been an English professor at Wayne
State University since 1980, and travels around the world, as far as
Russia, performing music and poetry for the State Department.
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