Furious Flower Poetry Center Overview Part 2
Continues where part 1 left off, further discussion of the Furious Flower Poetry Center with several individuals brought up to speak about recent events
Sonia Sanchez Interview, 9/25/2004
Joanne V. Gabbin interviews Sonia Sanchez, camera stays on Sanchez
Furious Flower 1: Seers
00:12 Introduction begins, Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:25 Rita Dove speaks and reads "Augusta the Winged Man and Rasha the Black Dove"; 06:45 Dove reads "Parsley"; 10:40 Dove reads "The Island Women of Paris"; 12:55 "After Reading 'Mickey In The N...
Furious Flower 1: Elders
00:12 Introduction begins, Joanne V Gabbin narrates; 01:35 Jerry Washington Ward interviews Samuel W. Allen; 09:30 Allen reads "The Apple Trees in Sussex"; 15:35 Allen reads "Harriet Tubman"; 25:08 Allen reads "Law & Order: The Immigrant"; 28:55 Val...
Furious Flower III - The Flowering of African American Poetry Today
The conference’s final thematic focus was the role of formal innovation in defining and developing a Black aesthetics for the future. These seven poets explore directions which are “pushing the envelope” of African American poetic expression.
Furious Flower II - Cross-Pollination in the Diaspora
Cross-pollination in the Diaspora reflects upon the reciprocal influence between Black American poets and writers from the rest of the African literary Diaspora
Furious Flower II – Roots and First Fruits
Roots and First Fruits discusses the major influences shaping the creative origins, poetic voice and stylistic approach of these poets. Significant influences include regional language, historic context, geographic location, personal passions, and p...
Furious Flower I - Gwendolyn Brooks Tribute
The year 2017 will be the centennial of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks’ birth. In recognition of her groundbreaking work and legacy, we include this tribute to Brooks. Brooks reads some of her favorite and most powerful poems – in ...
Furious Flower I - Initiates
This video volume highlights the younger poets who represent the promise and diversity of Black poetry in the 1990s. As they read and discuss their work, we see how themes which emerged in the three previous video volumes are being re-worked and exp...
Furious Flower I - Warriors
The Black Arts Movement swept through the 1960's as the lieterary arm of the Black liberation movements of those years. It defined a strong Black cultural identity and waged a war for literary self-determination. In this video volume these veterans ...