Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar: The Originator-Part Ii, Joanne Braxton
Jan 2012
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar: The Originator-Part Ii, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
In this video, Professor Joanne M. Braxton (introduced by Shelley Fisher Fishkin) presents the introductory keynote "Dunbar: The Originator" for Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference on March 10, 2006. A main purpose of the conference was to "explore new critical perspectives on the diversity of Dunbar's literary production as a poet, novelist, lyricist, dramatist, and journalist" one hundred years after his death.
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton
Jan 2012
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
In this video, Professor Joanne M. Braxton (introduced by Shelley Fisher Fishkin) presents the introductory keynote "Dunbar: The Originator" for Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference on March 10, 2006. A main purpose of the conference was to "explore new critical perspectives on the diversity of Dunbar's literary production as a poet, novelist, lyricist, dramatist, and journalist" one hundred years after his death.
Finding Your Own Voice: Braxton Interviews Cortez, Joanne Braxton
Apr 2010
Finding Your Own Voice: Braxton Interviews Cortez, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
Dr. Braxton conducted an interview with internationally acclaimed jazz poet and activist Jayne Cortez. In her introduction, Braxton referred to Cortez as an “inspirational figure” who has created films and founded theater companies in addition to establishing her core body of work that includes 10 books of poetry and nine recordings. “Her voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic, innovative, dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound,” Braxton said. “To hear Jayne Cortez’s poetry is to feel it.”
1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference Program
Dec 1993
1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference Program
Joanne Braxton
This conference was dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks because of her prophetic, poetic voice that is urgent, unashamed, graceful, redeeming, and radical, a voice that tells us even amid the loneliness and the fears of contemporary life that we must live and conduct our blooming "in the noise and whip of the whirlwind." Dr. Joanne Braxton was among more than 30 major poets and critics to present at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference at James Madison University, celebrating over 40 years the furious flowering of black poetry.
Daddy, Joanne Braxton
Dec 1987
Daddy, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
No abstract provided.
"Whatever Happened To Black America?" Or: The Setzuan Invisibility Of Black And Blues, Joanne Braxton
Dec 1974
"Whatever Happened To Black America?" Or: The Setzuan Invisibility Of Black And Blues, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
No abstract provided.
Do You Know Jesus, His Only Son, Our Lord?, Joanne Braxton
Dec 1972
Do You Know Jesus, His Only Son, Our Lord?, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
No abstract provided.
