<html><body><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><img src="cid:1be950589c7d41acb15c05b0e674a64b54ec7650@zimbra" width="265" height="200" data-mce-src="cid:1be950589c7d41acb15c05b0e674a64b54ec7650@zimbra"><img src="cid:0df6dec817e1e141ca2a3ff4e681ff22abfa0a1e@zimbra" width="212" height="200" style="font-size: 10pt; cursor: se-resize !important;" data-mce-src="cid:0df6dec817e1e141ca2a3ff4e681ff22abfa0a1e@zimbra" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; cursor: se-resize !important;"></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border: 1pt none black; padding: 0in; background: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border: 1pt none black; padding: 0in; background: black;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poetry Program by Detroit’s Poet Laureate, Dr. Naomi L. Madgett </span></b><b style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Celebrates Joint Anniversaries of Detroit Public Library and Broadside Press and </span></b><b style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Merger of Historic Broadside Press and Lotus Press</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">March 23, 2015</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Detroit Public Library (DPL) and Broadside Press will co-sponsor a poetry presentation by Detroit Poet Laureate, Dr. Naomi L. Madgett. This event has been organized in celebration of DPL’s 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary, and Broadside Press’s 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary. The program will take place on March 31, 2015 at 6:00 p.m., in the Clara Stanton Jones Friends Auditorium of the DPL Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One special feature of this evening will be the official announcement of the merger of Broadside Press and Lotus Press, two of the nation’s longest operating African American publishing houses. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lotus Press<i> </i>was founded in 1972 by Dr. Madgett. Broadside Press was founded by Dudley Randall in 1965. With the merger, the press will be known as Broadside Lotus Press. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For more information concerning this event, contact: The Detroit Public Library 313 481-1339 or Broadside Lotus Press: 313 736-5338. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>