Gloria House is Professor of Humanities and African American Studies at the U. of Michigan, Dearborn, and Associate Professor Emerita in Interdisciplinary Studies of Wayne State U.  During the 1960s, she was field secretary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Alabama. Her three poetry collections—Blood River (1983), Rainrituals(1989), and Shrines (2004)—reflect her involvement in civil rights, community development, and Third World solidarity.