Helen Adam, Miguel Algarin, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, John Cage, Jim Carroll, Jayne Cortez, Robert Creeley, Christopher Dewdney, Diane Di Prima, Kenward Elmslie, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, John Giordano, Four Horsemen, Michael McClure, Ted Milton, Michael Ondaatje, Ed Sanders, Gary Snyder, Tom Waits, and Anne Waldman. "Over an hour of additional performances seen here for the first time"--Container. Special features: Interview with Ron Mann ; original theatrical trailers for Grass, Twist and Comic book confidential.
Summary:
A performance film of contemporary poets which celebrates poetry's ancient oral tradition. Here twenty-four leading North American poets sing, chant and read from their own works.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.