Bob Holman Audio/Video Poetry Collection
New York University's Fales Library is the home of The Bob Holman Audio/Video Poetry Collection, a multimedia collection documenting spoken word performances and productions between the years 1977 and 2002. Key items include spoken word projects featuring and/or produced by Holman himself. Marvin Taylor, director of the Fales Library, has said Holman’s collection “is a magnificent resource for anyone who cares about New York's spoken word scene during the last 40 years. No one else has such documentation.”
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