Dr. Eugene Redmond is an Emeritus Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and was named Poet Laureate of East St. Louis (Illinois) in 1976, the year Doubleday Publishing Co. released his best-selling book, Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry. In Nothing Takes Off From Nowhere, Redmond recounts growing up in a prosperous and culturally dynamic East St Louis. He has honored this legacy through his teaching, public appearances and writing.

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