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

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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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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Robert Pinsky.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Community Room, Lackawanna County Children's Library. Contains introductory title sequence.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Stephen Dunn.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Susan Rea.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Tess Gallagher Pt. 1.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Tess Gallagher Pt. 2.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by Thomas Lux.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Lucan Center.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by W.D. Ehrhart.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Lucan Center.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by William Bronk Pt. 1.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Everhart Museum.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by William Bronk Pt. 2.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Everhart Museum.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by William Heyen.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Lucan Center.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by William Matthews.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Community Room, Lackawanna County Children's Library.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by William Stafford.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by W.S. Merwin Pt. 1.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Everhart Museum.
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Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series. Reading by W.S. Merwin Pt. 2.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Video recording of poetry reading held at the Everhart Museum.
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Hindsight: Thoughts on the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
Panel discussion about the genesis and history of the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series.
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Jung and the mytho-poetic imagination.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a multi-media performance held at the Everhart Museum in Scranton on March 23, 1985. Participants include poet Sid Cedering, scholar Dr. David Miller, poet William Pitt Root, and psychoanalyst Eugene Monick.
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Pennsylvania tricentennial poetry series presents C.K. Williams.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a poetry reading by C.K. Williams at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton on March 25, 1982.
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Pennsylvania tricentennial poetry series presents Gerald Stern.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a poetry reading by Gerald Stern at Jefferson Hall, University of Scranton on October 14, 1981.
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Poet Michael S. Harper with musicians Julius Hemphill and Abdul Wadud.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a performance by Michael S. Harper with saxophonist Julius Hemphill and cellist Abdul Wadud at the Lucan Center in Scranton on March 22, 1986. No video recording of this performance has survived.
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A poetry reading by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Poetry
This poster advertises a poetry reading by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the Everhart Museum in Scranton on September 30, 1984.
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