Nanao Sakaki
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POETRY POETRY POETRY
MINOR HERON presents the archives of 22 years of the
internationally acclaimed TAOS POETRY CIRCUS on DVD and videotape.
THE GREATEST POETRY SHOW ON EARTH!
The annual TPC poetry festival, produced by Anne MacNaughton and
Peter Rabbit, ran from 1982 to 2003 and showcased both established
poets and those early in their career.
Archives of live performances on tape cover several Reading Series,
including the famous WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP POETRY BOUT,
the event that originated modern competitive poetic performance.
Additional series presented here include CONTEMPORARY VOICES,
featuring cutting edge poetics; GLOBAL VOICES featuring poets
who work outside the American mainstream; the NEW MEXICO INVITATIONAL
featuring Southwestern poets; TAG TEAM BOUTS featuring four poets
in two competitive teams; the YOUTH and OPEN SLAMS that brought
competitors from around the country; and POESIA and other series
that showcased a broad variety of poetry.
Some of the poets featured here include Allen Ginsberg, Sherman
Alexie, Saul Williams, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ed Dorn, Simon Ortiz,
Victor Hernandez Cruz, Wanda Coleman, Bob Holman, Ed Sanders,
Sekou Sundiata, Quincy Troupe, Nanao Sakaki, Patricia Smith, Jayne
Cortez, Ntozake Shange, Andrei Codrescu, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael
Reed, John Trudell, Anne Waldman, Jim Carroll, Jessica Hagedorn,
Alice Notley, Anselm Hollo, Michael McClure, and many others.
Poetry by a selection of poets as mixed as America!
Sherman Alexie wins Poetry Bout |
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Minor Heron’s mission is to expand the audience for poetry,
literature and performance.
We are in the process of saving and restoring decades-old videotape
of more than two decades of historic poetry presentations. In
the future we hope to present selected poems from the performances
in podcast form.
As an all-volunteer non-profit organization, we welcome any contributions,
offers of help, student interns, or volunteers.
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