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DVD-R, from MP4 ; 1:59:24 min. |
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Title on disc: Detroit City Poets, Naomi Long Madgett. |
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Recorded at Design 99, Hamtramck, Michigan 04/07/2009. |
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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, educator, publisher, and editor, who founded Lotus Press in 1972. She is a Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit, and 2012 Kresge Foundation Eminent Artist Award winner. She discusses growing up in Detroit, teaching English in Detroit Public Schools, founding Lotus Press, her evolution as a poet, and her interactions with other Detroit writers. |
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Madgett, Naomi Long -- Interviews.
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Lotus Press.
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African American poets.
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Oral history -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Berenyi, Monika.
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Wayne State University.
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Naomi Long Madgett |
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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, Naomi Long Madgett.
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Detroit City Poets Project.
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