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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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Intro Ishmael Reed 04:49
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A Bard's Prayer / Poetry Bob Callahan 02:51
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For the Poets Jayne Cortez 04:53
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Poem for Fanny / Yang-chu Said Maureen Owen 02:09
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I Am a Dangerous Woman / Crossing the Border into Canada Joy Harjo 03:16
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Boringuen Alurista 02:45
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Housewife Susan Zavarin 01:48
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Bark Is What Us Dogs Do... / On a Leash / From a Midrash David Meltzer 03:47
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Artist / Art This / Anonymous Sonnet Victor Hernandez Cruz 04:19
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Rabbit, Hair, Leaf Mei Mei Bersenbrugge 03:51
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Flipochinos / Being Your Woman / Pacific Lover Cyn Zarco 03:06
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St Louis Woman Ishmael Reed 07:40
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Part 3 from Wolfbane David Henderson 03:27
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Dope Amiri Baraka 05:35
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New York Weather Report / Dedicated to William Melvin Kelly / Sound Poem David Jackson 04:05