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[The face of poetry exhibition photographs].
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Title:

[The face of poetry exhibition photographs]

Creator/Contributor:

Mitchell, Margaretta, creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Photographs produced for exhibition, also reproduced in the 2005 book by the same title. The poets represented were all participants in the "Lunch Poems" series at the Morrison Library of the University of California at Berkeley. Poets pictured are: Czeslaw Milosz, John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, Gary Snyder, Linda Pastan, Michael S. Harper, Ishmael Reed, Quincy Trope, Chana Bloch, Fanny Howe, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, Robert Haas, Lyn Hejinian, Marilyn Hacker, Sharon Olds, Linda McCarriston, Bill Zavatsky, Alan Williamson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Heather McHugh, Ntozake Shange, Sekou Sundiata, Agha Shahid Ali, David St. John, Jorie Graham, Marie Howe, Brenda Hillman, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Robert Thomas, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Mary Ruefle, Mark Doty, Tony Hoagland, Harryette Mullen, Aleida Rodriguez, Cornelius Eady, Luis J. Rodriguez, Marilyn Chin, Dionisio D. Martinez, Li-Young Lee, Carl Phillips, Frank Paino, Elizabeth Alexander, and D.A. Powell

Date:

1997 (issued)

Subject:

American poetry -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Portraits
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Portraits
Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés
Poètes américains -- 20e siècle -- Portraits
Poètes américains -- 21e siècle -- Portraits
Portrait photography
American poetry
Oral interpretation of poetry
Poets, American

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Mats signed by photographer, with sitters identified in pencil on mat.
Framed to approximately 16 x 17.25 inches (44 x 42 cm).
Arranged in the order presented in the Face of poetry book, in order by year of birth.
Includes two folders of promotional information for book, exhibition, and limited edition prints.
RESTRICTED COLLECTION. Use published version in book or online form only. Use of this collection of exhibition prints only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Photographs.

Physical Description:

46 photographs in 23 boxes, 1 print (poster), and ephemera in 2 folders : gelatin silver photographic prints ; visible image of prints 29 x 27 cm.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED COLLECTION. Use published version in book or online form only. Use of this collection of exhibition prints only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.

Related Item:

Face of poetry : Mitchell, Margaretta.