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DVD-R, from MP4 ; 1:00:47 min. |
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Title on disc: Detroit City Poets, James Semark. |
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Recorded at Design 99, Hamtramck, Michigan 04/07/2009 |
| 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 and activist who was one of the founders of the Detroit Artists Workshop. He died in 2010. He discusses growing up in Detroit and Dearborn, becoming a jazz musician, influences on his poetry, his signature "bebop vocalese" style, and mentoring young writers. |
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Semark, Jim -- Interviews.
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Detroit Artists Workshop
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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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James Semark |
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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, James Semark.
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Detroit City Poets Project.
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