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Poets Read their Contemporary Poetry: Before Columbus Foundation

Various Artists
Poets Read their Contemporary Poetry: Before Columbus Foundation Founded in 1976, the Before Columbus Foundation was formed as a nonprofit educational and service organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary American multicultural literature. The Foundation employed the term “multicultural” not as a description of an aspect of American literature, but as a definition of all American literature. In this recording from the Oakland Museum, the Foundation presents a live reading by 14 poets lead by Foundation board member Ishmael Reed and noted writer and poet Amiri Baraka.

Track Listing

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Ishmael Reed
04:49
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102
Bob Callahan
02:51
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103
Jayne Cortez
04:53
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104
Maureen Owen
02:09
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105
Joy Harjo
03:16
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106
Alurista
02:45
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107
Susan Zavarin
01:48
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108
David Meltzer
03:47
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109
Victor Hernandez Cruz
04:19
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201
Mei Mei Bersenbrugge
03:51
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202
Cyn Zarco
03:06
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203
Ishmael Reed
07:40
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204
David Henderson
03:27
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205
Amiri Baraka
05:35
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206
David Jackson
04:05