The Black Box recorded poetry magazine, DC poets collection 1973-1986 1974 - 1985.

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The Black Box recorded poetry magazine, DC poets collection 1973-1986 1974 - 1985.

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The collection contains audiotapes, audiocassettes, and index cards for the Washington poets who participated in The Black Box cassette-tape poetry magazine. These tapes are recordings of local Washington D.C. poets for a special issue of the Black Box. Each audiotape includes an information sheet with technical data about the recording and a list of the poems read by the poets. The poets include among others E. Ethelbert Miller, Essex Hemphill, Grace Cavalieri, Chasen Gaver, Roland Flint, Lady Amir, and Adesanya Alekoye. There are also recordings of a poetry reading at the University of Maryland and a symposium in the District of Columbia. The recordings date from 1973-1986 with the bulk falling between 1973-1986.

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George Washington University

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Watershed Foundation

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The Black Box, the cassette-tape poetry magazine, undertook an ambitious documentary project in 1975 to record all the working poets in the Washington area. The editors estimated that this amounted to between two and three hundred poets. A representative spectrum was chosen for a special D.C. issue of Black Box and to air on several radio programs. The staff of the D.C. project included writers, editors, teachers of poetry and communtiy activists. The project was designed to be multi-racial and ...

Gaver, Chasen, 1953-1989

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Performance poet and writer. From the description of Chasen Gaver papers, 1977-1988. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63540942 ...

Cavalieri, Grace

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Washington, D.C. poet, playwright, press owner, college teacher, anthology editor, radio broadcaster for WPFW-FM, a non-commercial radio station. From the description of Grace Cavalieri papers, 1969-2010, bulk 1969-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46699517 ...

Miller, E. Ethelbert

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E. Ethelbert Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York on 20 November 1950. He attended New York City public schools, and enrolled at Howard University in the fall of 1968. Mr. Miller graduated from Howard University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies. From 1973 to 1974 Mr. Miller worked for Howard University as both a research associate for the Institute of Arts and Humanities and as assistant director of the African American Resource Center where he continues to ser...