Records
Amiri Baraka introduces Wild Poppies
Poet, playwright, essayist, teacher and activist Amiri Baraka introduces the audio compendium of poetry, "Wild Poppies", and describes Marilyn Buck's struggle against imperialism with metaphor.
Aya de Leon Reads Grito de Vieques
Aya de Leon reads Grito de Vieques.
Carolyn Baxter Reads Coca Cola 2
Carolyn Baxter reads Marilyn Buck's poem on desire.
Chrystos Reads Authenticity
Menominee rights activist and poet Chrystos read Marilyn Buck's piece on violence against urban Black youth.
David Meltzer Reads Revelation
David Meltzer reads Marilyn Buck's poem for Wild Poppies. David teaches at New College of California in San Francisco.
Dennis Brutus Reads One-Hour Yard Poem
Professor Emeritus Dennis Brutus reads Marilyn Buck's poem on her experience in prison.
Devorah Major Reads Political Poem
Poem on themes of anti-colonialism and struggle read by the author.
Devorah Major Reads Prison Chant
Devorah Major reads Marilyn Buck's piece on the devastation of incarceration on the family. Devorah Major, San Francisco's third poet laureate, is also a novelist, essayist, teacher and arts activist.
Elana Levy reads I Saw Your Picture Today
Elana Levy reads Marilyn Buck's poem for Lori Berenson, a political prisoner.
Fanny Howe Reads Acrobatic
Poet Fanny Howe reads Marilyn Buck's piece "Acrobat" for Wild Poppies.
Genny Lim Reads Rescue the Word
Poem by Marilyn Buck, as read by American poet, playwright and performer Genny Lim.
Jean Stewart Reads Bird Watchers
Jean Stewart reads Marilyn Buck's poem. Jean Stewart is a Bay Area poet, novelist, short story writer, and social justice/disability rights activist. Founder of the Disabled Prisoners' Justice Fund, she has been working with disabled prisoners for over a decade.
Kiilu Nyasha Reads In Memory of Kuwasi Balagoon
Kiilu Nyasha reads her poem in memory of Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army leader Kuwasi Balagoon, who died in prison in 1986. Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary artist, activist and journalist in the liberation struggle for over 35 years. A former Black Panther, she is a radio and newspaper journalist who has done much to keep political prisoners i...
Kwame Ture reads In Honor to Marilyn Buck
Kwame Ture honors Marilyn Buck's work and activism. Kwame Ture was a national leader of SNCC and the Black Power movement in the 1960s (as Stokely Carmichael). He spent 30 years in Guinea working in the Pan African movement. Kwame died shortly after making this recording.
Maria Poblet Reads (movement poem)
Poem on resistance read by the author. Maria Poblet queer Latina poet and tenant organizer. As artistic director for Poetry for the People, Maria taught a poetry workshop at FCI Dublin.
Maria Poblet Reads Thirteen Springs
Queer Latina poet and tenant organizer Maria Poblet reads Marilyn Buck's piece, originally published in "Syracuse Peace Letters", "Sojourner", "States of Confinement", and "Rescue the Word".
Mariann Wizard Reads Imperatives
Activist Mariann Wizard reads Marilyn Bucks poem. born and raised in Ft. Worth, Texas; took part in the first all-women
Marilyn Buck Reads Concrete Cocoon
An excerpt from "The Order: 9 AM PDT", read by the author. Part of "Incommunicado: Dispatches from a Political Prisoner"
Marilyn Buck Reads Dream Fragments
Marilyn Buck reads her poem.
Marilyn Buck Reads Night
Marilyn buck reads an excerpt from her poem, "Night". Originally from "Incommunicado: Dispatches from a Political Prisoner".
Marilyn Buck Reads Reading Poetry
Poem read by the author.
Marilyn Buck introduces Wild Poppies
Bonus track from "Wild Poppies". Marilyn's greetings to CD listeners, phoned in to the CD release parties, with photos of Marilyn, other contributors and political prisoners.
Marilyn Buck reads Wild Poppies
Autobiographical poem read by the author, Marilyn Buck.
Merle Woo Reads Pennsylvania Death March
Teacher and active member of the Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party, Merle Woo reads Marilyn Buck's poem on death row and political prisoners.
Nellie Wong Reads The Owl
Nellie Wong reads Marilyn Buck's poem on Emma Goldman. works with Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party. She has visited and written to Marilyn for many years. Together, Nellie and Mitsuye Yamada created Mitsuye and Nellie for public television.