Poets
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Anne Becker interview, 2017-10-06
Leslie Bumstead interview, 2021-06-05
Morgan Butler interview video, 2022
Butler (she/they) narrates their experiences at Busboys and Poets, first as a child and later as a poet and employee. She explores the cultural role that Busboys has played in DC along with gentrification in the city and how it has impacted arts spaces. Butler describes their understanding of the responsibility that business owners have toward the communities that they serve, in particular DC’s local Black community.
Series 4: ARTS DC: CETA and the Arts in the District of Columbia 1977 – 1982, 2017
ARTS DC: CETA and the Arts in the District of Columbia 1977 – 1982 collection contains five audio interviews of ARTS DC artists. The interviews were conducted by Jonetta Rose Barras in 2017. Transcript and indexes are included for all interviews.