Marilyn Nelson Interview, 9/24/2004
00:00 Maryemma Graham interviews Marilyn Nelson, camera stays on Nelson
Opening Session 9/29/1994
01:25 Joanne V. Gabbin introduces conference; 02:25 Steven Wright plays African drums; 05:26 Gabbin introduces Susan Facknitz; 06:27 Facknitz speaks; 11:40 Gabbin introduces Jacqueline Brice-Finch; 12:02 Brice-Finch spea..
Opening Video, 2004
00:20 montage of footage from 1994 conference; 06:48 memorial segment entitled "Fallen Leaves"
Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition (Rough Cut), 2004
00:10 Introduction begins; 00:40 Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:35 Houston A. Baker reads "This is Not a Poem"; 02:55 Jerry Washington Ward interviews Baker; 10:51 footage of Baker speaking about Gwendolyn Brooks at Confe..
Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition, 2004
00:00 video begins with montage of poets reading at 2004 conference; 00:35 Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:32 Daryl Cumber Dance interviews Velma Pollard; 09:55 Tyehimba Jess interviews Kwame Senu Neville Dawes; 16:34 Dawe..
Remaking the Memoir
01:00 Joanne V. Gabbin Intro; 02:44 Cheryl Wall begins; 04:10 Wall starts lecture "Remaking the Memoir: Lucille Clifton in Words and Pictures" using projector to show related photographs; 48:30 lecture concludes, followe..
Rita Dove Interview, 9/24/2004
Rita Dove and Camille Dungy discuss Dove's new book American Smooth (2004), before moving into a broader discussion of her work and life.
Sanchez & Clifton Discussion
Sonia Sanchez and Lucille Clifton engage in a dialogue on stage, then open the floor to the audience
Saturday Poetry Reading Part 1, 10/1/1994
00:15 Sybil Kein plays guitar and sings "Jumbalaya"; 00:48 dead air; 04:54 Eugene Redmond speaks (bad video quality); 05:50 Redmond reads "Funky Grace" by Joseph Harrison; 07:45 Jacqueline Brice-Finch speaks; 08:35 Brice..
Saturday Poetry Reading Part 2, 10/1/1994
00:00 video begins in the middle of Sybil Kein speaking; 08:53 Eugene Redmond speaks; 10:37 Adam David Miller speaks; 23:58 Redmond introduces Brenda Marie Osbey; 24:51 Osbey speaks; 37:45 Redmond introduces Fabu Carter;..