Scranton Public Library - Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series

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  • Date = 1983
  • Subject = Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History

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Funded by a grant from the Scranton Area Foundation, this collection contains streaming video of over 50 readings by nationally renowned poets such as W.S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. These poets visited the Scranton from the late 1970's through the 1990's and were filmed as part of the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. The collection also includes posters.
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Environmentalism and the creative imagination.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a series of multi-media performances held on June 4th and 5th, 1983 in Scranton. Participants included Native American activist Oren Lyons, poet Wendell Berry, Native American author / storyteller Joseph Bruchac, poet Michael McClure, scientist James Case, historian Amanda Porterfield, Native American philosopher Twylah Nitsch, and saxophonist Paul Winter and His Concort.
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A poetry reading W.S. Merwin.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a poetry reading by W.S. Merwin at the Everhart Museum in Scranton on October 12, 1983.
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