Performance poetry

Abstract Included are correspondence, fliers, posters, journals, photographs, interviews, and articles related to the artistic life of poet E. Ethelbert Miller dating from 1936-2022 with the bulk from 1962-2018. The collection also contains poet files with correspondence, fliers, programs, posters, photographs, interviews, and articles relating to specific poets within the Washington, D.C. area. A small portion of the collection (Series 2) relates to the work of D.C. Poet Laureate Dolores...

Scope and Contents This subseries contains correspondence, promotional materials and works by various poets amassed by Ethelbert Miller. These files are organized alphabetically by author. Materials range in date from 1969-2022, with the bulk of the material dating from 1969-2009. Providing not only a comprehensive list of nearly all the prominent poets and writers to emerge from the Washington D.C. area, these files also demonstrate the far reach of Ethelbert Miller's influence on those around him. Please...

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This collection contains flyers and brochures from spoken word poetry events in washington, D.C. The collection also includes one image of local spoken word poets. The image was taken in the late 1990s. These material dates from 1996-2005. These items were compiled by Washington D.C. spoken word poet, T. Patrick Washington, also know as Black Picasso.