phatLiterature: 2004 || EP. NO. 1: Langston Hughes

phatLiterature, A Literary TV Program, features poets, writers and scholars who discuss the writing process and how that process reveals and defines their lives. It also provides insight into the historical, social, cultural and political connections that appear in their works, and enliven the exploration of literature and literary analysis with dramatizations and readings. phatLiterature also features a Q&A segment and showcases visual artists by integrating their works as part of the set design, including a 60- second segment, VISUAL SIGNATURES, which appears in each episode. http://www.phatliterature.org

This episode features Tony Medina & Sydnee Stewart; with visual artist Charles Lilly
phatLiterature kicks off its season by joining forces with the Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center's annual Langston Hughes Celebration weekend by featuring the Library's namesake, Langston Hughes. Poet-activist-professor Tony Medina and actor-poet Sydnee Stewart discuss Hughes and how Hughes’ legacy has affected poets and writers, with readings by both Medina and Stewart. This clip features Tony Medina & Sydnee Stewart.

phatLiterature is produced by Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc., a NY-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes multicultural literature and literacy. http://www.theiaas.org