Watershed Foundation
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Black Box recorded poetry magazine, DC poets collection
Collection
Identifier: MS2172
Abstract
The Black Box, the cassette-tape poetry magazine, undertook an ambitious documentary project in 1975 to record all the working poets in the Washington area. The editors estimated that this amounted to between two and three hundred poets. A representative spectrum was chosen for a special D.C. issue of Black Box and to air on several radio programs. The staff of the D.C. project included writers, editors, teachers of poetry and communtiy activists. The collection contains audiotapes,...
Dates:
1973-1986; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1985
