Furious Flower IV: The Worlds of Black Poetry

Furious Flower IV: The Worlds of Black Poetry
Furious Flower IV: The Worlds of Black Poetry

Every ten years since 1994, Black poets from all over the world gather at the Furious Flower Poetry Conference. In 2024, 10 poets were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. We bring their voices, poems, and stories to you in Furious Flower IV: The Worlds of Black Poetry. Hosted by Lauren K. Alleyne, Executive Director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University.

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  1. “The truth is the truth is the truth”

    2024-10-23

    “The truth is the truth is the truth”

    Elizabeth Alexander and Nicole Sealey on the treasures of archives, the work of a generation, and the resonant truth you feel in your bones. Mentioned in this episode: “Praise Song for the Day” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Tina Green” from American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” from American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks “The Trayvon Generation” by Elizabeth Alexander “One Art” from The Complete Poems 1926-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop “Hayden in the Archive” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Toomer” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Stokely and Adam” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “In the Small Rooms” by Elizabeth Alexander “In D.C.” Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Fugue” from Body of Life by Elizabeth Alexander “Body of Life” from Body of Life by Elizabeth Alexander “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin “The Elders” Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Rally” from Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander “Five Elegies” from American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander “Personal History” by Adrienne Su

    34 min

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Every ten years since 1994, Black poets from all over the world gather at the Furious Flower Poetry Conference. In 2024, 10 poets were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. We bring their voices, poems, and stories to you in Furious Flower IV: The Worlds of Black Poetry. Hosted by Lauren K. Alleyne, Executive Director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University.

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