All the Stories Are True: African American Writers Speak exhibition records

Object Details

Scope and Contents

Audiovisual materials created for an exhibition on the rich tradition of African American storytelling, which is celebrated through videotaped interviews with professional writers telling compelling stories drawn from their own experiences and revealing how the world in which they live impacts their writing. A portion of the exhibition is devoted to African American children's literature and original art used in books for young readers. The exhibition showcases some of the most engaging writers on the scene today. They are Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat whose current best seller, The Dew Breaker, explores the complex lives and conflicts of her native country. Other featured writers include: science fiction writers Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler; Valerie Boyd, author of the award-winning biography of Zora Neale Hurston; Washington poet Kenny Carroll; Charles Johnson, winner of the National Book Award for his novel Middle Passage; and Walter Dean Myers, who has built a sub-specialty in literature for children and young adults.

Date

2003-2004

Extent

10 Sound recordings (5 CD-RW audio recordings ; 5 MiniDisc audio recordings)

45 Video recordings (5 DigiBeta video recordings; 2 Betacam SP video recordings; 9 DVCAM video recordings; 19 miniDV video recordings; 10 DVD-R video recordings)

1 Boxe (1 box of index card video logs)

0.75 Linear feet (3 boxes)

Citation

All the Stories Are True: African American Writers Speak audiovisual records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Topic

Museum exhibits

Authors

African Americans

Identifier

ACMA.03-060