Furious Flower I - Elders
This video volume introduces readers to the poets who laid the groundwork for today's Black poetry renaissance and mentored many of the younger voices represented in this collection. These writers, many of whom began writing during the '40's provide...
Furious Flower I - Seers
Following the Black Arts Movement, the poets who began publishing in the 1970's felt free to broaden the scope of African American poetry. While retaining the same political commitment, they extended their vision into new regions, exploring personal...
Furious Flower II - Blooming in the Whirlwind
Blooming in the Whirlwind locates Black poets within their historic moment and contextualizes them within relevant political movements - Civil Rights, Black Nationalism, post-colonialism and multiculturalism.
Furious Flower III - Cultivating a Poetry for Social Change, Resistance and Truth Telling
This volume recalls the key role played by poets as architects of the Black Arts Movement, their contribution to the African American Freedom Struggle and adaptation to the political changes of the past half-century. It features a panel: “S.O.S Ca...
Furious Flower III – Pollinating and Dispersing – Black Poetry Collectives and the Diaspora
This grouping looks at the centripetal and centrifugal forces shaping Black poetry today, both collective practices and growing ties with the poets and poetry of the world-wide African Diaspora. These eight poets speak to the underlying unity of the...
Furious Flower III – Cultivating Form, Creating the Black Aesthetic
The seven poets in this opening volume discuss and demonstrate the formal and stylistic characteristics of an evolving Black aesthetic, both in their own poetry and their peers’. It features a special panel on the teaching of African American poet...
"Amen Corner" by James Baldwin, Second Performance
03:21 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks and introduces play; 05:40 performance begins
The Weight of Heaven
00:00 Joanne V. Gabbin introduces Edward Scott; 04:05 Scott begins his lecture entitled "The Weight of Heaven"; 48:26 Lecture concludes, transition to Q&A/Discussion for remainder
Lucille Clifton's Blessings and Mercies: Keith Leonard
00:00 Joanne V. Gabbin introduces Keith Leonard; 01:26 Leonard begins lecture on Lucile Clifton; 15:20 audio goes out; 36:59 audio comes back in, Q&A/Discussion for remainder of video
African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix Part 2, 9/29/1994
00:00 Video begins in the middle of Eleanor W. Traylor speaking; 04:40 Alvin Aubert introduces Sherley Anne Williams; 04:52 Williams begins speaking; Remainder of video is duplicate of FF0031 ending after the panel discusses Monifa Love's question