Furious Flower I Volume 4 - Initiates

Available as part of the series Furious Flower I or as part of the 3 series compilation Furious Flower: The Complete Edition

Initiates 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 expanded as Black poetry prepared for the 21st century. Featuring:

• Elizabeth Alexander
• The Dark Room Collective:
• Thomas Sayers Ellis
• Kevin Young
• Sharan Strange
• Major Jackson
• Vera Beatty
• John Keene