Legacy Conversations
Established in 2001, Legacy Conversations feature pre-eminent poets and scholars who have played historic roles in African American poetry. Moderated discussions address historical, aesthetic, political and personal influences on their craft and thought. Programs include brief readings, Q & A and book signings.
RECENT
October 11, 2010, 6:30 pm
Steve Cannon
Interviewed by Tracie Morris
Free and open to the public
The New School
Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor (Enter at 66 West 12th)
New York, New York
Poet, playwright and novelist Steve Cannon is the author of the best-selling novel Groove, Bang and Jive Around. In 1991, he converted a portion of his Lower East Side apartment into an informal salon which later became A Gathering of the Tribes, an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. An institution in New York's multicultural artistic community since 1962, Cannon continues to support innovative literary, musical and artistic expression.
ARCHIVE
Yusef Komunyakaa, interviewed by Terrance Hayes, 2001
Lucille Clifton & Sonia Sanchez, moderated by Eisa Davis, 2001
Jayne Cortez & Sekou Sundiata, moderated by Tracie Morris, 2002
Michael Harper & Afaa Michael Weaver, moderated by Herman Beavers, 2003
Rita Dove, interviewed by Elizabeth Alexander, 2003
Haki Madhubuti, interviewed by Elizabeth Alexander, 2004
Lorenzo Thomas, interviewed by Harryette Mullen, 2004
Amiri Baraka, interviewed by Tracie Morris, 2005
Derek Walcott, interviewed by Elizabeth Alexander, 2005
Naomi Long Madgett, interviewed by Toi Derricotte, 2006
E. Ethelbert Miller [2] [3] [4] [5], interviewed by Elizabeth Alexander, 2006
Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady, interviewed by Ivy Wilson, 2007
Charles Henry Rowell, interviewed by Thomas Sayers Ellis, 2007
Arnold Rampersad, interviewed by Toi Derricotte, 2007
Ishmael Reed & Al Young, moderated by LaTasha Diggs, 2008
Ntozake Shange, interviewed by Claude Sloane, 2009