Seers I
00:32 Introduction begins, Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:45 Rita Dove speaks and reads "Augusta the Winged Man and Rasha the Black Dove"; 07:10 Dove reads "Parsley"; 12:00 Dove reads "The Island Women of Paris"; 13:15 "A..
Seers II
00:38 Introduction begins, Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:53 Joyce Owens Pettis interviews Gerald W. Barrax; 06:52 Barrax reads "Jeopardy"; 11:29 Barrax reads "Sunday 24 May 1992 10:30a.m."; 17:30 Eugenia W. Collier inter..
Sharan Strange Interview, 9/25/2004
00:00 Reggie Young interviews Sharan Strange, camera stays on Strange
Sonia Sanchez Interview, 9/25/2004
Joanne V. Gabbin interviews Sonia Sanchez, camera stays on Sanchez
Soul Talk Part 1
00:00 Joanne V. Gabbin introduces Akasha Gloria Hull; 03:12 Hull reads her poem "These Bones, These Bones"; 13:00 Hull has audience read Lucille Clifton's "Cutting Greens"--followed by discussion; 22:15 Clifton's "The Ki..
Soul Talk Part 2
02:15 Audience reads Lucille Clifton's "When I Stand Around Among Poets" and discusses; 09:00 Hull reads Clifton's "The Light That Came to Lucille Clifton" followed by discussion"; Akasha Gloria Hull reads "The Far Memor..
The Dark Room Collective: A Fisted Reading Part 1, 10/1/1994
00:00 Eugene Redmond introduces Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux; 00:54 Gex-Breaux reads her poems; 08:25 Redmond introduces Daryl Cumber Dance; 12:05 Dance introduces "The Dark Room Collective" (TDC); 15:30 Natasha Tretheway of TDC..
The Dark Room Collective: A Fisted Reading Part 2, 10/1/1994
00:00 Repeats Sharan Strange's reading from the end of 6B followed by Kevin Young's reading in full; 04:24 Thomas Sayers Ellis reads; 06:57 Strange reads
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
Thursday Keynote Speeches 9/29/1994
00:30 Michael S. Harper speaks; 32:05 Askia M. Touré speaks, introduces Sonia Sanchez; 33:24 Sanchez speaks; video cuts out while Sanchez is speaking