The Drama Dept. is proud to announce the launch of it's new site, introducing the work of poet, writer, director, performer and teacher, Glenn Alan. Mr. Alan seriously began pursuing his interest in writing in 1986 while attending Howard University. Since that time, he has created voluminous works, which include books of poetry, plays, short stories and concerts of jazz poetry. Much of his work has been used for critcial literary analysis in college literature coures.
Mr. Alan has written thirteen plays: "How Do You Love a Black Woman", "The Weight of Being Black", "Strangers at the Gate", "Daddy’s Got Needs", "Black on Trial", "Little Black Lies", "The Televised Revolution", "Locked Down", "The Words of a Ghetto Child", "Don’t Sing No Blues for Me", "The Blues of Lula-Mae Jenkins" and most recently "The City of Lost Dreams".
Much of his poetry is encased in seven completed collections: "How Do You Love a Black Woman", "The Tears of a Man", "The Price of My Soul", "Bedtime Stories for Project Kids", "I Ain't Black no mo'", "From Greatness to the Ghetto", and a jazz-poetry concert "Sweet Prince of the Ghetto".
He lives in Washington, DC., with his wife Mary.
