Furious flower : conversations with African American poets /

Furious flower : conversations with African American poets /

A video anthology of African American poetry from 1960 to 1995. Black verse from the Harlem Renaissance through the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s is discussed and 25 noteable poets are introduced and profiled. Included in this anthology are Rita Dove, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Furious Flower Conference James Madison University, California Newsreel (Firm), James Madison University, Shenandoah Valley Educational Television Corporation
Other Authors: Hodges, John L., McCray, Judith
Format: Conference Proceeding Video VHS
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : California Newsreel, [1998]
Subjects:
American poetry > African American authors.
Poetry > History and criticism.
African American poets.
African American poets > Interviews.
African Americans > Poetry.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Poetry.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Elders. Samuel W. Allen, Mari Evans, Naomi Long Madgett, Alvin Aubert, Pinkie Gordon Lane
  • v. 2. Warriors. Amiri Baraka, Haki R. Madhubuti, Kalamu ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Eugene Redmond, Nikki Giovanni
  • v. 3. Seers. Rita Dove, Toi Derricotte, Dolores Kendrick, Sherley Anne Williams, Gerald Barrax, E. Ethelbert Miller, Michael S. Harper
  • v. 4. Initiates. Elizabeth Alexander, the Dark Room Collective.