Furious Flower III - volume 1 - Cultivating Form, Creating the Black Aesthetic

58 minutes, United States

Executive Producer: Joanne V. Gabbin, Producer: Judith McCray, Editor: John Hodges

Furious Flower III - volume 1 - Cultivating Form, Creating the Black Aesthetic

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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 poetry and mentoring younger poets, as well as Rita Dove’s keynote address.

Rita Dove
Elizabeth Alexander
Patricia Smith
A. Van Jordan
Aracelis Girmay
Marilyn Nelson
Toi Derricotte

Furious Flower III - volume 1 - Cultivating Form, Creating the Black Aesthetic

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