Panel: Literature as a Lamp

Baraka, Amiri
Ashbery, John
Burroughs, William S.

Publication date

March 1978

Publisher

UND Scholarly Commons

Abstract

In this audiovisual recording from Wednesday, March 22, 1978, as part of the 9th Annual UND Writers Conference: “The Mirror and the Lamp,” Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, and William S. Burroughs participate in a panel called “Literature as a Lamp,” joined by Burroughs\u27s assistant, James Grauerholz. The panelists discuss their ideas of literature as force for social illumination, the effect of writers and literature on a political level, and the effect of revolution on art. Moderated by Bob Strauss