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1) Possession
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life and work. Despite her skepticism, the two begin to investigate,...
3) Jack Gilbert
Series
Lannan literary ; no. 49
Publisher
The Foundation
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Gilbert, who received a Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, read from The great fires' and Monolithos' on November 7, 1995."--Container.
5) Joy Harjo
Series
Lannan literary ; 51
Publisher
The Foundation
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Presents Joy Harjo as she discusses her work and reads from her poetry, including "The woman who fell from the sky", "Secrets from the center of the world", "In mad love and war", and "She had some horses."
Series
Lannan literary ; 48
Publisher
Lannan Foundation
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
15 major poets read and discuss the origins of their poetry: Yehuda Amichai, Lucille Clifton, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gluck, Joy Harjo, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, W. S. Merwin, Czeslaw Milosz, Octavio Paz, Ishmael Reed, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, and Alice Walker.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A compilation of three short films about the current state of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in the United States.
Fox vs. Franken: when comedian Al Franken used Fox News' phrase "Fair and balanced" in his satiric book, the network sued. Fox lost in court and Franken earned national notoriety with a bestseller.
Poetic license: explores the implications of state-sponsored art through the story of New Jersey Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka and...
11) Doctor Zhivago
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's most famous love stories and half a century of Russian history come to life in this adaptation of Pasternak's masterpiece. War and revolution bring poet and physician Yury Zhivago together with the beautiful Lara, his muse and all-consuming passion. But both are hunted, Yury by guilt over his betrayal of Tonya, his beloved wife, and Lara by fear of Komarovsky, the powerful man who means to have her any way he can." --
Author
Publisher
Block Island Poetry Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This book celebrates 10 years of poetry on the island. The founder of the BIPP, Lisa Starr has brought together in this book many poets that are newly published and those that have been inspiring us for years; Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Coleman Barks and Noami Shihab Nye to just name a few. A very special addition are the drawings by renowned artist Sandra Swan.
Publisher
Nebraskans for Public Television
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by the First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests ... Dramatic performances by Claire Bloom, LeVar Burton, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, Henry Fonda, Will Geer, Fred Gwynne, Valerie Harper, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Price, William Shatner, Irene Worth and other celebrities"--Container.
16) Antarctic antics
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 7 beloved children's stories presented in story book form.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Before Russell Simmons' Def Poety Jam, Slamnation captured the cutthroat world of spoken-word poetry. The film follows Saul Williams and three other top poets as they make their way to the National Poetry Slam, the Super Bowl of poetry.
Series
Holiday stories ; 1
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. The night before Chrismas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve. Seven candles for Kwanzaa: For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past and dreams about the future.
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