Compiled by:

Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999  Search this

Written by:

Samuel Allen, American, 1917 - 2015  Search this

Alvin Aubert, American, born 1930  Search this

Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014  Search this

Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000  Search this

Nikki Giovanni, American, born 1943  Search this

Michael S. Harper, American, born 1938  Search this

Naomi Long Madgett, American, born 1923  Search this

Haki R. Madhubuti, American, born 1942  Search this

Sterling Plumpp, American, born 1940  Search this

Sonia Sanchez, American, born 1934  Search this

Elizabeth Alexander, American, born 1962  Search this

Gerald William Barrax, American, born 1933  Search this

Dr. Joanne Margaret Braxton, American, born 1950  Search this

Toi Derricotte, American, born 1941  Search this

Rita Dove, American, born 1952  Search this

Mari Evans, American, 1923 - 2017  Search this

Dolores Kendrick, American, born 1927  Search this

Pinkie Gordon Lane, American, 1923 - 2008  Search this

E. Ethelbert Miller, American, born 1950  Search this

Raymond R. Patterson, American, 1929 - 2001  Search this

Eugene B. Redmond, American, born 1937  Search this

Sherley Anne Williams, American, 1944 - 1999  Search this

Jerry Washington Ward Jr., American, born 1943  Search this

Edited by:

Susan Facknitz  Search this

Joanne Veal Gabbin, American, born 1946  Search this

Designed by:

Sang Yoon, South Korean  Search this

Christopher Kuntze, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper in portfolio

Dimensions:

H x W x D (portfolio): 12 × 9 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.9 × 0.5 cm)

H x W (sheet): 11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (28.6 × 22.2 cm)

Type:

portfolios (containers)

Place printed:

Charlottesville, Ablemarle County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1994

Description:

Limited edition portfolio of "Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry." The portfolio is red with black vertical writing parallel to the spine that reads [FURIOUS FLOWER / A REVOLUTION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY]. There is an embossed flower motif on the bottom left of the cover. There are thirty-four quarto loose leaves laid into the folder. The portfolio consists of twenty three (23) poems that were printed by letterpress on Mohawk Superfine paper using Centaur and Arrighi typefaces. Each poem is written by a different contributor. The reverse of each page is blank. The reverse of the portfolio has black text with [vfh Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy] at the bottom with [vfh] twice as large as the rest of the text.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Literature  Search this

Poetry  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2016.26.2.1-.24

Restrictions & Rights:

Various

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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EDAN-URL:

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