This playlist gathers interviews, public conversations, and reflections that document the work and legacy of Dr. Gabbin. Featuring both her voice and those honoring her impact, these videos offer insight into the ideas, commitments, and cultural work that continue to inform Furious Flower’s mission.
An archive of articles and web features documenting Dr. Gabbin across academic, literary, and public contexts, including institutional biographies, interviews, and reflections on key moments in her life, career, and the history of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
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Mourning Katrina Interview - With Good Reason (2007)
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Dr. Joanne Gabbin, Professor of English - JMU Be The Change Profiles (2014)
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Replay: Sheer Good Fortune - Celebrating Toni Morrison - With Good Reason
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Biography of Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin - The History Makers (2017)
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Celebrate, Educate, Preserve:A Conversation with Furious Flower Poetry Center's Founder and Inaugural Director, Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin - Callaloo Journal via JSTOR (2018)
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Celebrating the Legacy of Black Poet Joanne V. Gabbin - The North Star (2019)
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Celebrate, Educate, Preserve: The legacy-building mission of the nation's first academic center for black poetry - JMU News (2019)
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Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry - With Good Reason, 2019
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A Night 25 Years in the Making - Furious Flower Poetry Center (2019)
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The fact of the Black poet: Four phenomenological interviews with prominent American writers on the impact of the Furious Flower Poetry Center (2020)
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Renowned Poet, Scholar Joanne V. Gabbin to Deliver Keynote at MLK Celebration - Randolph College News (2020)
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Joanne Gabbin and Furious Flower: A Poetry Center That Gives the African American Community a Voice - Social Change Interviews - (2020)
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Past Guest: Joanne Gabbin - Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice (2020)
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Notes: A selection of UChicago alumni whose names are in the news. - UChicago Magazine (2021)
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Feature Friday: Founder of Black Poetry Center donates collection to JMU Libraries (Dr. Joanne Gabbin) - JMU Libraries (2021)
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Furious Flower Poetry Center founder Joanne Gabbin to retire from JMU - The Breeze JMU (2022)
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JMU community gathers for jubilant rededication ceremony of three campus buildings - ISSUU (2022)
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Furious Flower Poetry Center Executive Director Retires - The EDU Ledger (2022)
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An Eponymous Honor - Alumni Profile for Dr. Joanne Gabbin for Morgan State University's Magazine (2022)
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Past Guest: Joanne Gabbin - Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice (2020)
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Board Member Page For Joanne Gabbin - Wintergreen Women’s Writers Collective
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Virginia Foundation for Humanities Welcomes New Board Members - VFH (page 11)
