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Date Issued:
1990
Abstract/Description:
Poet, teacher, translator, and activist Carolyn Forché - whose poetry has been praised by Joyce Carol Oates and who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to El Salvador with Amnesty International, where she witnessed the civil war - discusses how she became a professional poet and shares selections of her politically engaged poetry.
Title: Carolyn Forche.
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Name(s): Carolyn Forche, Interviewee
Mary Sue Koeppel, Interviewer
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Type of Resource: moving image
Genre: Interview
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1990
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Place of Publication: Jacksonville, FL
Physical Form: moving image
Extent: 30 minutes
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Poet, teacher, translator, and activist Carolyn Forché - whose poetry has been praised by Joyce Carol Oates and who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to El Salvador with Amnesty International, where she witnessed the civil war - discusses how she became a professional poet and shares selections of her politically engaged poetry.
Identifier: CarolynForche (IID)
Note(s): Poet, teacher, translator, and activist Carolyn Forché - whose poetry has been praised by Joyce Carol Oates and who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to El Salvador with Amnesty International, where she witnessed the civil war - discusses how she became a professional poet and shares selections of her politically engaged poetry.
Subject(s): Politically engaged poetry
Poetry
Human rights
Amnesty International
El Salvador
Links: http://guides.fscj.edu/worthquoting/CarolynForche
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fscj/fd/CarolynForche
Use and Reproduction: free to use
Host Institution: FSCJ

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