Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference 2004

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Askia Toure Interview, 2004

John H. Bracey Jr. interviews Askia M. Touré, camera stays on Toure
Brenda Marie Osbey Interview, 9/24/2004

Carmen Gillespie interviews Brenda Marie Osbey, camera stays on Osbey
Continuities and Innovations, 2004

00:12 Rachel Malcolm-Woods speaks; 02:18 Doroth Holden speaks; 05:55 Wendell George Brown speaks; 10:13 Raymond G. Dobard speaks; 17:40 Credits; 23:12 Remainder of tape is a duplicate of first half.
Elizabeth Alexander Interview, 9/23/2004

Meta DuEwa Jones interviews Elizabeth Alexander, camera stays on Alexander
Haki Madhubuti Interview, 9/24/2004

Qurayash Ali Lansana interviews Haki R. Madhubuti, camera stays on Madhubuti
Houston Baker Interview, 9/23/2004

00:00 Jerry Washington Ward interviews Houston A. Baker, camera stays on Baker
Joanne Gabbin Interview, 2004

Angela Shannon interviews Joanne V. Gabbin, camera stays on Gabbin
Kevin Young Interview, 9/25/2004

Aldon Lynn Nielson interviews Kevin Young, camera stays on Young
Kwame Dawes Interview, 9/25/2004

Tyehimba Jess interviews Kwame Senu Neville Dawes, camera stays on Dawes
Laureate's Circle, 9/24/2004

04:56 Joanne V. Gabbin opens session; 19:57 Eugene Redmond speaks; 41:36 Dolores Kendrick speaks; 1:05:57 Askia M. Touré speaks; 1:19:11 Rita Dove speaks; 1:41:35 Amiri Baraka speaks; 1:56:00 Sonia Sanchez speaks, video cuts out while Sanchez is speaking
Major Jackson Interview, 9/23/2004

Keith Leonard interviews Major Jackson, camera stays on Jackson
Marilyn Nelson Interview, 9/24/2004

00:00 Maryemma Graham interviews Marilyn Nelson, camera stays on Nelson
Opening Video, 2004

00:20 montage of footage from 1994 conference; 06:48 memorial segment entitled "Fallen Leaves"
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 Dawes reads "Ward Twenty-One"; 20:55 Brenda Marie Osbey reads an excerpt from "The Evening News: A Letter to Nina Simone"; 27:07 Carmen Gillespie interviews Brenda Marie Osbey; 33:56 Qurayash Ali Lansana interviews Haki R. Madhubuti; 36:40 Madhubuti reads "The B Network"; 42:20 Meta DuEwa Jones interviews Elizabeth Alexander; 49:10 Alexander reads "When"; 51:45 Tony Bolden interviews Yusef Komunyakaa; 58:02 Komunyakaa reads "Ode to A Drum"; 1:02:33 Komunyakaa reads "The Same Beat"
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 Conference; 12:33 Monifa Love interviews Nikki Finney; Finney reads "Jacques Cousteau; 27:48 John H. Bracey Jr. interviews Askia M. Touré; 34:00 Toure reads "A Song for Patriots"; 38:13 Rita Dove reads "Passages"; 40:00 Camille Dungy interviews Dove; 48:16 Keith Leonard interviews Major Jackson; 50:00 Jackson reads "Urban Renewal xvi"; 58:12 Hilary Holladay interviews Lucille Clifton; 1:01:00 Clifton reads "Cancer"; 1:02:52 Clifton reads "Sunday Morning 9/16/01"
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.
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
Thursday Poetry Reading Part 1, 9/23/2004

00:00 Sharan Strange speaks; 16:30 Yusef Komunyakaa speaks; 31:28 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks; 34:33 session ends
Thursday Poetry Reading Part 2, 9/23/2004

03:26 Kalamu ya Salaam speaks; 15:00 Brenda Marie Osbey speaks; 40:25 Kevin Young speaks; 1:03:15 E. Ethelbert Miller speaks; 1:19:00 Haki R. Madhubuti speaks; 1:44:30 Lucille Clifton speaks
Thursday Poetry Reading Part 3, 9/23/2004

00:00 video begins in the middle of Lucille Clifton speaking; 06:40 Nikki Giovanni speaks; 41:17 Kalamu ya Salaam speaks; 41:57 Joanne V. Gabbin ends session
Velma Pollard Interview, 9/23/2004

Daryl Cumber Dance interviews Velma Pollard, camera stays on Pollard
Yusef Komunyakaa Interview, 9/24/2004

Tony Bolden interviews Yusef Komunyakaa, camera stays on Komunyakaa