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Simon J. Ortiz and Jennifer Elise Foerster: September 17, 2022

The Poetry Center presents Simon J. Ortiz and Jennifer Elise Foerster, reading from...

Aired: 2022-09-17

Ted Greenwald and Al Robles: November 10, 1976

The Poetry Center presents Ted Greenwald and Al Robles, reading their work in...

Aired: 19761110

Al Young: May 25, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Al Young, reading from his poetry and fiction. Young reads...

Aired: 1974-05-25

Monique Wittig and Jayne Cortez: April 12, 1985

The Poetry Center presents Monique Wittig and Jayne Cortez, reading their work on the...

Aired: 1985-04-12

A Tribute to Jayne Cortez — Robin D.G. Kelley with Justin Desmangles: November 14, 2013

The Poetry Center presents Robin D. G. Kelley with Justin Desmangles, in a...

Aired: 2013-11-14

Audre Lorde and Etheridge Knight: September 26, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Audre Lorde and Etheridge Knight, both reading from their...

Aired: 1974-09-26

K. Curtis Lyle and Calvin C. Hernton: November 16, 1977

The Poetry Center presents a rare reading by Black Arts Movement poets K. Curtis Lyle,...

Aired: 1977-11-16

"Tempest in a Teapot" Asian American Poets Reading—with Jeffery Paul Chan and Al Robles, Lou Syquia, George Leong, Lane Nishikawa, Janice Mirikitani, Alan Chong Lau, Laureen Mar, Garrett Hongo: May 16, 1977

The Poetry Center presents this landmark 1977 recording of a group reading by eight...

Aired: 1977-05-16

Ishmael Reed and Stan Rice: October 4, 1973

The Poetry Center presents Ishmael Reed and Stan Rice, reading from their contemporary...

Aired: 1973-10-04

Q. R. Hand Jr., Genny Lim, and Juan Felipe Herrera: February 24, 1983

The Poetry Center presents poets Q. R. Hand Jr., Genny Lim, and Juan Felipe Herrera,...

Aired: 1983-02-24

Jessica Hagedorn and the West Coast Gangster Choir: October 30, 1975

The Poetry Center presents Jessica Hagedorn and the West Coast Gangster Choir, in this...

Aired: 1975-10-30

Lorenzo Thomas and David Henderson with Ghetto Violence: March 19, 1976

The Poetry Center presents Lorenzo Thomas and David Henderson, the latter performing...

Aired: 1976-03-19

LeRoi Jones, A Jazz Symposium on Blues People: March 4, 1965

The Poetry Center presents a Jazz Symposium on Blues People, featuring LeRoi Jones...

Aired: 03/04/1965

Jayne Cortez: April 12, 1985

The Poetry Center presents Jayne Cortez [as part of a program shared with French...

Aired: 04/12/1985

Wanda Coleman: April 14, 1985

The Poetry Center presents Wanda Coleman, performing her poetry as part of the Women...

Aired: 04/14/1985

Wanda Coleman: April 4, 2013

The Poetry Center presents Wanda Coleman, recipient of the 2011 Poetry Center Book...

Aired: 04/04/2013

Lewis Jordan Trio, for Langston Hughes on His Birthday: February 1, 2018

The Poetry Center presents the Lewis Jordan Trio in performance on the 116th...

Aired: 02/01/2018

David Henderson: March 15, 2018

The Poetry Center presents David Henderson reading a retrospective selection of poems,...

Aired: 03/15/2018

Clarence Major and Patricia Spears Jones: March 3, 2016

The Poetry Center presents Clarence Major and Patricia Spears Jones, celebrating the...

Aired: 03/03/2016

LeRoi Jones: March 4, 1965

The Poetry Center presents LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka) reading poems from The...

Aired: 03/04/1965

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