 | YOU A ARMCHAIR REVOLUTIONARY! Spoken Word Live BY KAMAL IMANI Spoken Word performance Poet Kamal Imani breaks it down about the Armchair Revolutionaries live at the Bowery Poetry Club in nyc's Greenwich... Spoken Word performance Poet Kamal Imani breaks it down about the Armchair Revolutionaries live at the Bowery Poetry Club in nyc's Greenwich Village sponsored by Brown Eyez Magazine and hosted by the Beautiful PJ. www.myspace.com www.soulgriots.ning.com cipherkam@gmail.com Views: 651 |
 | Poet Eamonn Wall reading at the White House, Limerick Eamonn Wall is native of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, he has lived in the US since 1982. He is the author of four collections of poetr... Eamonn Wall is native of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, he has lived in the US since 1982. He is the author of four collections of poetry: Refuge at De Soto Bend (2004), The Crosses (2000), Iron Mountain Road (1997), and Dyckman-200th Street (1994), all published by Salmon. From the Sin-e Café to the Black Hills, a collection of essays, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2000 and awarded the Michael J. Durkan Prize for excellence in scholarship. Essays, articles, and ... Views: 1,157 |
 | CSF Generative Performing Awards Fellow 2009 - Glenn North Launched in 2008, the Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards support and recognize artists creating outstanding, innovative, o... Launched in 2008, the Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards support and recognize artists creating outstanding, innovative, original work in the fields of dance, theater, music, experimental music performance, theater/performance art, and hybrid/interdisciplinary versions thereof. The awards seek to foster the continued creative and professional development of the selected artists, provide the means for them to further focus on and develop their work, and increase exposure for ... Views: 166 |
 | Poet Herbert Woodward Martin Herbert Woodward Martin is drawn to the magic of poetry. Martin served as poet-in-residence and professor of English at the University of Da... Herbert Woodward Martin is drawn to the magic of poetry. Martin served as poet-in-residence and professor of English at the University of Dayton for more than 30 years. He is nationally renowned for his portrayals of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African-American poet to gain widespread artistic acclaim. Martin's own published works include poetry, drama, opera libretti and literary criticism. His writings have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, including Images, Poetry ... Views: 225 |
 | Patricia Smith reads "How to Be a Lecherous Little Old Black Man and Make Lots of Money June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Pa... June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Patricia Smith, author, poet, teacher, performer, is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a book of poems chronicling the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize, and finalist for the 2007 ... Views: 52 |
 | Mitchell L. H. Douglas at the InKY Reading Series Mitchell LH Douglas is the author of Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, his debut collection of poems published by Red Hen Press. Cooling B... Mitchell LH Douglas is the author of Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, his debut collection of poems published by Red Hen Press. Cooling Board uses persona poetry to explore the personal and professional struggles of soul legend Donny Hathaway. Douglas is an assistant professor of creative writing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). His poetry has appeared in Callaloo, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (University of Georgia Press), Crab Orchard Review, and ... Views: 109 |
 | Lunch Poems - Amiri Baraka Revolutionary poet, playwright, and activist Amiri Baraka is recognized as the founder of the Black Arts Movement, a literary period that be... Revolutionary poet, playwright, and activist Amiri Baraka is recognized as the founder of the Black Arts Movement, a literary period that began in Harlem in the 1960s and forever changed the look, sound, and feel of American poetry. Baraka (formerly leroi Jones) helped to empower African American artists to establish publishing houses, journals, and university ethnic studies programs. His books continue to spark intense political and aesthetic controversy while receiving tremendous critical ... Views: 8,924 |
 | Patricia Smith - 2009 National Book Festival Poet Patricia Smith appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Patricia Smith's fifth book of poetry, "Blood Dazzler" chronic... Poet Patricia Smith appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Patricia Smith's fifth book of poetry, "Blood Dazzler" chronicles the human, physical and emotional toll exacted by Hurricane Katrina, a catastrophic natural event with lasting spiritual and political impact. It was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award. This volume is also the focal point of a new dance-theater collaboration between Smith and Urban Bush Women dancer Paloma mcgregor. Smith is also the author ... Views: 33 |
 | America's Next Top Poet: Episode 6 or 7 What happens when you put 198 of America's Top Black Poets in room with only one pencil, one journal, one laptop, one spell check, one thesa... What happens when you put 198 of America's Top Black Poets in room with only one pencil, one journal, one laptop, one spell check, one thesaurus, one...well you get it, one of everything...YOU GET CHAOS! Views: 83 |
 | THE BEST POET ALIVE POETRY BY "DARK POET" ENTITLED "FROM THE HORSES MOUTH" OVER A MELODIC BEAT PRODUCED DARK POET AND ENGINEERED BY 3, OF GRAND HEAT BEATS. THIS... POETRY BY "DARK POET" ENTITLED "FROM THE HORSES MOUTH" OVER A MELODIC BEAT PRODUCED DARK POET AND ENGINEERED BY 3, OF GRAND HEAT BEATS. THIS GUY IS HANDS DOWN, ONE OF THE BEST IN HIS GENRE. GIVING THE TITLE, THE BEST POET ALIVE, DARK POET HAS A LYRICAL SENSE OF MIND LIKE NO OTHER. RECENTLY EARNING HIS BACHELORS DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS, DARK POET IS SET TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DETERMINED, SKILLED, LYRICAL, GENIOUS, IN HIS CIRCLE. DARK POET HAS HIT MANY STAGES, AND ROCKED SHOWCASES. THIS VIDEO ... Views: 816 |
 | Jeanann Verlee featuring at the Vancouver Poetry Slam (March 9th, 2009) JEANANN VERLEE is a poet, prose writer, actor, activist, and former punk rocker who collects tattoos and winks at boys. Her work has appeare... JEANANN VERLEE is a poet, prose writer, actor, activist, and former punk rocker who collects tattoos and winks at boys. Her work has appeared in various journals, magazines and anthologies, including The New York Quarterly, Spindle, His Rib and the forthcoming, Not A Muse. Member of the 2008 louderarts National Poetry Slam team, ranked 2nd in the nation at the 2008 National Poetry Slam, Jeanann also proudly serves as Co-slammaster for New York Citys Urbana Poetry Slam at Bowery Poetry Club ... Views: 372 |
 | miro coca lora Linton Kwesi Johnson live in paris.(aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. He became the second liv... Linton Kwesi Johnson live in paris.(aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. He became the second living poet to be published in the Penguin Classics series. [1] His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell. Johnson attended Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London, which currently holds his personal papers in its ... Views: 3,380 |
 | Breaker Morant - Film (1980) 05 - Rule .303 & Poetry Breaker Morant (1980) en.wikipedia.org Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian feature film, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British ac... Breaker Morant (1980) en.wikipedia.org Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian feature film, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant. The all-Australian supporting cast features Bryan Brown as Lieutenant Handcock, Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Lieutenant Witton, and Jack Thompson as Major JF Thomas. The 1978 play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, written by Kenneth G. Ross, was the source material for the screen story. Beresford co-wrote the ... Views: 6,160 |
 | Tuli Kupferberg 'Paint it red (and black) American Beat Poet SEE Tuli's YOUTUBE SITE AT : www.youtube.com Tuli Kupferberg 'Paint it red (and black) American Beat Poet rnaudioproductions www.ipodity.com... SEE Tuli's YOUTUBE SITE AT : www.youtube.com Tuli Kupferberg 'Paint it red (and black) American Beat Poet rnaudioproductions www.ipodity.com Read by Tuli Kupferberg back in the 1990's - part of a DAT recorded in New York for our Beat Poetry Collection. Tuli Kupferberg (born September 28, 1923) is an American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs. Biography A cum laude graduate of Brooklyn College in 1944, Kupferberg founded ... Views: 498 |
 | Talking To Al Young Al Young, California State Poet Laureate and Woodrow Wilson Fellow To Visit JCSU Wednesday Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Sarah Belk Gambrell A... Al Young, California State Poet Laureate and Woodrow Wilson Fellow To Visit JCSU Wednesday Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium 7:30 pm Born May 31, 1939, at Ocean Springs, Miss. near Biloxi, Al Young grew up in the rural villages and small towns of the South, and in urban, industrial Detroit. From 1957-1960 he attended the University of Michigan, where he co-edited Generation, the campus literary magazine. In 1961, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. In Berkeley ... Views: 466 |
 | Patricia Smith reads "34" June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Pa... June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Patricia Smith, author, poet, teacher, performer, is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a book of poems chronicling the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize, and finalist for the 2007 ... Views: 137 |
 | Patricia Smith reads "My Mother Learns English" June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Pa... June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Patricia Smith, author, poet, teacher, performer, is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a book of poems chronicling the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize, and finalist for the 2007 ... Views: 207 |
 | L.K.J LKJ Linton Kwesi Johnson was born on 24 August 1952 in Chapelton, a small town in the rural parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He came to London ... LKJ Linton Kwesi Johnson was born on 24 August 1952 in Chapelton, a small town in the rural parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He came to London in 1963, went to Tulse Hill secondary school and later studied Sociology at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Whilst still at school he joined the Black Panthers, helped to organise a poetry workshop within the movement and developed his work with Rasta Love, a group of poets and drummers. In 1977 he was awarded a C Day Lewis Fellowship ... Views: 33,990 |
 | Writers Series: Kevin Young Kevin Young is widely regarded as one of the leading poets of his generation, one who finds meaning and inspiration in African American musi... Kevin Young is widely regarded as one of the leading poets of his generation, one who finds meaning and inspiration in African American music, particularly the blues, and in the bittersweet history of Black America. He was a 1993 National Poetry Series winner for Most Way Home, which also received the John C. Zacharis First Book Award of Ploughshares magazine. Currently a professor of poetry at Emory University, his latest book is Dear Darkness (Knopf, 2008). Views: 17 |
 | Why do we need Poets? A new ipoem by Felipe Barral Momberg. Felipe is an artist who expresses himself in many ways -- through his art (painting and photography), ... A new ipoem by Felipe Barral Momberg. Felipe is an artist who expresses himself in many ways -- through his art (painting and photography), his music, his writing (he's a poet and a journalist) and his visual work (documentaries, TV shows and movies). Barral Momberg has a Master's degree in Philosophy and lives in Atlanta, United States, where he is a Producer at CNN en Español. He produce and host "Juego de Palabras" (Play on Words) where he talks about art, culture & literature. He is also ... Views: 58 |
 | Sisters Singing, Nov 8, 2008 - Carolyn Brigit Flynn Introduction (#1 of 6) On November 8, 2008, over 400 people gathered in Santa Cruz, California to celebrate the publication of Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers,... On November 8, 2008, over 400 people gathered in Santa Cruz, California to celebrate the publication of Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women. It was four days after the election of President Barack Obama, and everyone was thrilled to celebrate the book's publication, and his election. Sixteen poets read their work, a dozen artists showed original artwork. The singer and sound-healer Alysia Tromblay performed music, and the Threshold Choir sang ... Views: 140 |
 | Patricia Smith reads "Medusa" June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Pa... June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Patricia Smith, author, poet, teacher, performer, is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a book of poems chronicling the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize, and finalist for the 2007 ... Views: 87 |
 | Patricia Smith reads "Building Nicole's Mama" June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Pa... June Jordan's Poetry for the People presents A multi-generational poetry conversation featuring Patricia Smith at La Peña Cultural Center Patricia Smith, author, poet, teacher, performer, is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a book of poems chronicling the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House Press, 2006), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize, and finalist for the 2007 ... Views: 168 |
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