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Film, Video Michael Harper Reads His Poetry

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About this Item

Title

  • Michael Harper Reads His Poetry

Summary

  • Michael S. Harper, Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of seven collections of poetry, including Dear John, Dear Coltrane and Healing Song for the Inner Ear. He has been the recipient of the Governor's Poetry Award and a Doctorate of Letters from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire; he was named a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library; and he has recently completed a term as Poet Laureate for the State of Rhode Island. Mr. Harper is the editor, with Anthony Walton, of Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945, published in 1994 by Little, Brown and Company.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1989-02-24.

Headings

  • -  Literature
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Michael Harper.
  • -  Recorded on 1989-02-24.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687665

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Michael Harper Reads His Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-24, 1989. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687665/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, S. B. (1989) Michael Harper Reads His Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687665/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Michael Harper Reads His Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-24, 1989. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687665/>.