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DVD-R, from MP4 ; 1:02:27 min. |
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Title on disc: Detroit City Poets, John Sinclair interview. |
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Recorded at Wayne State University Undergraduate Library, Bernath Seminar Room, Detroit, MI 04/08/2010 |
| Summary |
An oral history project entitled "The Detroit City Poetry Project" created to document the Detroit poetry scene and independent presses that proliferated primarily during the 1960s-1970s. The interviews were conducted by Monika Berenyi, a Canadian researcher and documentarian. The oral histories and supplementary materials were donated to Wayne State University Libraries. |
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Poet, musician, founding member of the MC5 and the Detroit Artists Workshop, anti-war activist, and founder of the White Panther Party. He talks about his years in Detroit and at Wayne State University, influences on his poetry and music, the history of the Artists Workshop, and the art, music, and poetry of the Cass Corridor. |
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Sinclair, John, 1941- -- Interviews.
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MC5 (Musical group)
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Detroit Artists Workshop.
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White Panther Party.
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Oral history -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Poetry.
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Radicalism -- Michigan.
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Berenyi, Monika.
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Wayne State University.
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John Sinclair |
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Part of Detroit City Poets Oral History Project.
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Related to the Cass Corridor Documentation Project.
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Detroit City Poets, John Sinclair interview.
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Detroit City Poets Project.
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