<I>The Literary Corner: Meet the Literary Corner’s Regular Analyst—Sarah Fabio (side a) / Meet the Literary Corner’s Regular Analysts—Daniel Kunene (side b)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Created by
content: Brooks B. Robinson Ph.D., American
label: Interviewed by
content: Edris Makward PhD, Gambian
label: Interview of
content: Sarah Fabio, PhD, American, 1928 - 1979
label: Interview of
content: Daniel Kunene, PhD, South African, 1923 - 2016
label: Directed by
content: Robert Cham
notes: label: Description
content: A white plastic audio cassette with recordings of two episodes of the Literary Corner radio show. The program numbers are handwritten on the cassette in graphite.
label: Description
content: Side A: “Meet the Literary Corner’s Regular Analyst—Sarah Fabio”
label: Description
content: Episode 3 of the Literary Corner radio program. The episode is an interview with Professor Sarah Fabio, conducted by Professor Edris Makward. It begins with Professor Fabio reading one of her poems, “My Own Thing,” before host Brooks Robinson introduces her. Some of the topics they discuss include her use of poetry as a young child as a form of expression; poetry’s significance in preserving black culture; her other forms of communication: novels, short stories, essays, literary criticism and drama; Dr. Fabio’s poetry and spoken-word poetry albums. During the interview, she also reads three of her poems: “My Own Thing,” “Sassafras Toned; My Grandma Sat,” and “For My People.” The episode concludes with Dr. Fabio reading one of her poems entitled “For My People” as the outro music plays in the background.
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content: Side B: “Meet the Literary Corner’s Regular Analysts—Daniel Kunene”
label: Description
content: Episode 4 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is an interview of Dr. Daniel Kunene, conducted by Dr. Makward. The episode opens with Dr. Kunene reading one of his poems. Some of the topics discussed in this episode include Dr. Kunene’s diffidence as an early writer; the role of grief in his writing, in particular his own father’s death; writing in different languages e.g. English and Sotho; as well as how the suffering of the South African people has impacted his work. Additionally, Dr. Kunene reads two of his poems: “Voices” and “The Running is a Dance.”
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Radio
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Audio
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.17.1.2a
objectType: label: Type
content: audio cassettes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Brooks B. Robinson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (side a): 15 min., 5 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (side b): 15 min., 7 sec.