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Title:

Furious flower [videorecording] : conversations with African American poets.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

California Newsreel,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

4 videocassettes (369 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

American poetry--Afro-American authors.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Afro-American poets
Afro-American poets--Interviews.
Afro-Americans--Poetry.
Afro-Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Poetry.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Other Authors:

Hodges, John. drt

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.

Summary:

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 and Michael Harper.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40946965

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)