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Furious Flower 1: Initiates
Date of Creation
1998
Description
00:10 Introduction begins, Joanne V. Gabbin narrates; 01:25 Elizabeth Alexander reads "What I'm Telling You"; 02:45 Alexander reads "Butter"; 04:00 "At the Beach (Dedicated to Melvin Dixon)"; 05:10 The Dark Room Collective segment begins; 05:15 Natasha D. Trethewey reads "On Hearing of Byron Dela Beckwith's Conviction for the Murder of Medgar Evers, Feb. 1994"; 06:45 "His Hands Will Never Be Large Enough"; 08:10 Major Jackson reads "Some Kind of Crazy"; 10:30 Vera L. Beatty reads "Marketing"; 12:35 Beatty reads "Nat's Lungs"; 13:38 Kevin Young reads "Cousins"; 16:46 Young reads "The Slaughter"; 19:28 Sharan Strange reads "The Body"; 21:15 Strange reads "Barbershop Ritual"; 22:50 Thomas Sayers Ellis reads "Sticks"; 25:40 John Keen reads "Why I Love My Father"; 26:24 Credits roll
Creator
Furious Flower Poetry Center
Contributors
California Newsreel
Collection Number
UA 0017
Collection Title
Identifier
FF184
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Type of Resource
moving image
Running Time
00:27:19
Rights
Copyright for official University records is held by James Madison University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Recommended Citation
Furious Flower 1: Initiates, 1998, FF0184, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1970-2021, UA0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Repository
Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
