The curious life of controversial avant-garde author and Beat poet William S. Burroughs serves as the subject of this...
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2010
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti is one of America's best known and most respected poets, a major figure of the Beat poetry scene of the...
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2009
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To countless avant-garde novelists, filmmakers, and playwrights, publisher Barney Rosset -- proprietor of the legendary Grove...
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2008
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In the summer of 1967, political unrest began to ferment in America's major cities and college campuses as civil rights,...
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2007
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Spoken word artist and Grammy Award winner Common presents this collection of moving poetry performances, bringing together...
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2006
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Hubert Selby Jr. was a powerful and influential literary figure whose best-known novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem...
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2005
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Produced in part by the National Black Programming Consortium, Shola Lynch's Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed is a...
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2004
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In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl."...
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2004
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2004
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2004
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Documentary filmmaker Thomas Gibson directed this investigation into the rise of the Republican right wing in America, and...
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2004
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Made famous by singer Billie Holiday in an unforgettable 1939 recording, the haunting anti-lynching anthem "Strange Fruit"...
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2002
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Miguel Pinero became a leading figure in New York's art scene during the 1970s as a poet, actor, and playwright whose...
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2001
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This installment of the PBS series features poets Lorna Dee Cervantes, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, and Stanley Kunitz. Host Bill...
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2000
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This final installment of the PBS series features poets Jane Hirshfield, Lucille Clifton, Mark Doty, and Deborah Garrison....
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2000
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This installment of the PBS series showcases poets Marge Piercy and Coleman Banks. Host Bill Moyers leads a discussion with...
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2000
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This installment of the PBS series showcases the poetry of Amiri Baraka and Robert Pinsky. Host Bill Moyers leads a...
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2000
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1998
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1992
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In the U.S., in the 1950s, contemporary jazz was becoming more and more esoteric, and a small group of writers, poets and...
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1987
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In Motion: Amiri Baraka is a fascinating portrait of the poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, activist, and champion of...
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1985
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Director Ron Mann has put together readings by 24 different poets (after filming a total of 60 writers reciting their works),...
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1982
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After World War II there was a group of young men -- writers primarily -- who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the...
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1982
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