Audio Recording A celebration of Sterling A. Brown, American poet & cultural worker

Title

• A celebration of Sterling A. Brown, American poet & cultural worker

Names

• Pinsky, Robert.
• Rowell, Charles H.
• Ferris, William R.
• Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010.
• Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016.
• Dove, Rita. prf
• Komunyakaa, Yusef. prf
• Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- prf
• Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989.
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• National Endowment for the Humanities.

Created / Published

• 1998.

Contents

• Reel 1 (RWD 8565/RGA 4953). Opening ceremonies: The Negro national anthem (sung by Melanie Lynn Sullivan) ; Welcome / Robert Pinsky ; The occasion / Charles H. Rowell ; Introduction of speaker / Sonia Sanchez ; Keynote address / Lucille Clifton --
• Reel 2 (RWD 8568/RGA 4954). Sterling A. Brown, his life and achievements (moderator, Ted Genoways ; opening remarks, John Edgar Tidwell ; respondents, John Callahan, Eugenia Collier, Marcia Davis, Joanne V. Gabbin, Ellen Kennedy, Haile Gerima, and Eloisa Y. Spicer) --
• Reel 3 (RWD 8566/RGA 4956). Remembering Sterling A. Brown (introductions, William Ferris, Robert Pinksy ; address, Michael S. Harper) --
• Reel 4 (RWD 8567/RGA 4955). Sterling A. Brown, cultural worker (moderator, Kendra Hamilton ; opening remarks, David Anderson, Deborah Barnes, Mark Sanders, Beverly Skinner) --
• Reel 5 (RWD 8564/RGA 4952). A tribute : poets reading from Sterling A. Brown (welcome and the occasion, Charles H. Rowell ; introduction, William Ferris ; readings, Rita Dove, Michael S. Harper, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez).

Headings

• -  Brown, Sterling A.,--1901-1989--Congresses

Notes

• -  Conference hosts, Robert Pinsky, Charles H. Rowell, and William R. Ferris.
• -  Recorded Oct. 23-24, 1998, in the Mumford and Montpelier rooms, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Callaloo, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
• -  Shelf numbers are not in order of the events as they happened.
• -  Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1998. 5 sound cassettes : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.

Medium

• 5 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

• RGA 4952-4956 (playback copy)
• RWD 8564-8568 (preservation master)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 98708321

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/98708321

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