Haki R. Madhubuti, an award-winning poet, educator, essayist, founder and publisher of Third World Press, is the author of thirty-one books. He is the co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education and the co-founder of four schools in Chicago. He is a retired university professor. Madhubuti's latest book of poems is Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice.