Footage from an event with poet Philip Levine and another event with poet John Balaban and librarian Nancy Pearl, hosted by Washington Center for the Book. Item 9041, Record Series 3902-01: Seattle Channel Moving Images Digitization of this videotape material has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Topics: Washington Center for the Book, Philip Levine (poet), John Balaban (poet), Poetry, Writers
Footage from a presentation with poet David Kirby, sponsored by Washington Center for the Book and the Seattle Public Library. Item 8813, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives Digitization of this videotape material has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Topics: Seattle, Local government, Government-access television, GATV, David Kirby, Poetry, Washington...
Footage of an interview with novelist Debra Magpie Earling, hosted by the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. The event was hosted by Nancy Pearl. Item 9038, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives Digitization of this videotape material has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Topics: Seattle, Local government, Government-access television, GATV, Author Talk, Washington Center for...
Footage from an event with author Molly Gloss at Town Hall, speaking about her book "Wild Life." One City One Book programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city. The first such program was "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" in 1998, started by Nancy Pearl at Seattle Public Library's Washington Center for the Book. Item 9019, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives Digitization of this videotape material has been...
Topics: Seattle, Local government, Government-access television, GATV, Book club, Reading, Molly Gloss,...
Original footage of a Poet Populist event at the Seattle Public Library, Central Branch. Introductory remarks by Chris Higashi. Poet reading performances include Pesha Joyce Gertler, Felicia Gonzalez, Brian McGuigan and headlined by 2006-2007 Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith. Sponsored by Seattle Public Library, Seattle City Council and Bumbershoot. Footage was recorded by the Seattle Channel for a documentary. NOTE: In 1999, the City of Seattle created the Poet Populist program, an annual...
Topics: Nick Licata, Poetry, Seattle Municipal Archives, Chris Higashi (Program Manager, Seattle Public...
Original footage of the 2007-2008 Seattle Poet Populist Candidates Read-off recorded by the Seattle Channel for a documentary. The program includes poetry readings, interviews and speeches at the Seattle Public Library, Central Branch. Frank Video interviews Bart Baxter and Anna Maria Huang. Baxter discusses the origins of the Poet Populist selection (beginning with a poetry slam and evolving into the voting process) and the honor of being the first person to be voted Seattle’s Poet Populist...
Topics: Arts, Library, Performing arts, Public art, Nick Licata (Seattle City Councilmember), Chris Higashi...
Original footage of the 2007-2008 Seattle Poet Populist Candidates Read-off recorded by the Seattle Channel for a documentary. The program includes poetry readings, interviews and speeches at the Seattle Public Library, Central Branch. Introductory speech by Chris Higashi, program manager of Seattle Public Library’s Washington Center for the Book. Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata gives a speech and introduces each poet. Poetry reading performances include Chad Goller-Sojourner, Anna...
Topics: Seattle Municipal Archives, Poetry, Nick Licata, Arts, Library, Performing arts, Chris Higashi...
