OPEN-DOOR POETRY
CREATED BY:
Martha Sager and Anthony Tedesco
of Strong Bat Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY:
Borders Media
Strong Bat Productions
in association with the Student Publishing Program
and The Greatest Living Writers Project
DIRECTED BY:
Martha Sager and Anthony Tedesco
EDITING:
Anthony Tedesco
Rocio Martinez
POST PRODUCTION FACILITIES:
Strong Bat Productions
PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS:
Brad Barnes and Spare Key Productions
POST PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS:
Rocio Martinez
Todd Barnes
Peter Fiumara
Jessica Page
CAMERA CREW:
Todd Barnes
AJ Katter
Anne Marty
Mic Locker
John E. Bryant
Michelle Manzanares
GRAPHICS:
Paul Tedesco of BRAND(6)
MANAGING POETRY EDITORS:
Heather Aimee O’Neill
Jessica Piazza
POETRY EDITORS:
Paula Mendoza-Hanna
Greg Nicholl
Rachel Simon
PUBLISHING COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS:
“Just Before” is excerpted from Sea Change by Jorie Graham.
Copyright © 2008 by Jorie Graham. Used by permission
of Harper Collins. All rights reserved.
“Book” is excerpted from First Thing To Hand by Robert Pinsky. Copyright © 2006 by Robert Pinsky. Used by permission of author.
All rights reserved.
“Sudanese Children” is excerpted from Obatala by Shannon Leigh. Copyright © 2007 by Shannon Leigh. Used by permission of author. All rights reserved.
“Just off shore, five ducks,” “If I write spring moon,” “A cloud glides over,” “We drank many cups,” “Black hearse rushes by,” “Moon in the window,” and “Midwinter evening” are excerpted from She Was Just Seventeen
by Billy Collins. Copyright © 2006 by Billy Collins.
Used by permission of Modern Haiku Press. All rights reserved.
“Witness her bleeding,” “Now we drink champagne,” “Steam rises from the,” “Sun strikes wet asphalt,” and “Miracles do not” are by Charles Ekabhumi Ellik. Copyright © 2008 by Charles Ekabhumi Ellik. Used by permission of author. All rights reserved.
“little white girl makes,” “of all the words to,” “I see my grandchildren,” “granddad used to,” and “organic food- expensive” are by Ed Mabrey. Copyright © 2007 by Ed Mabrey. Used by permission of author. All rights reserved.
“We Are… Searching For…” is by Filmore Johnson. Copyright © 2006 by Filmore Johnson. Used by permission of author. All rights reserved.
“Scribe” is excerpted from Teahouse Of The Almighty
by Patricia Smith. Copyright © 2005 by Patricia Smith. Used by permission of Coffee House Press. All rights reserved.
THEME MUSIC BY:
Strong Bat Productions
with Ian Alexander
featuring Britta Alexander on violin
MUSICAL ARTISTS AND RECORDING COMPANIES:
“Starsong…What Became Of Us”
Written and Performed by Sylvie Lewis
From the CD Translations
Courtesy of Cheap Lullaby Records and The Orchard
“100 Days, 100 Nights”
Written and Performed by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
From the CD 100 Days, 100 Nights
Courtesy of Daptone Records and The Orchard
“Before I Knew”
Written and Performed by Basia Bulat
From the CD Oh, My Darling
Courtesy of Matador Records
“Animals Wearing Clothes”
Written and Performed by The Deadly Syndrome
From the CD The Ortolan
Courtesy of Dim Mak Records and The Orchard
“Soul Donkey”
Written and Performed by Sugarman Three
From the CD Soul Donkey
Courtesy of Daptone Records and The Orchard
“The Ride”
Written and Performed by Joan As Police Woman
From the CD Real Life
Courtesy of Cheap Lullaby Records and The Orchard
“Down South Blues”
Written and Performed by Dock Boggs
From the CD Dock Boggs
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and The Orchard
“Killer On The Road”
Written and Performed Brandon Butler
From the CD Killer On The Road
Courtesy of Gern Blandsten/Redeye and The Orchard
“Dead Sound”
Written and Performed by The Raveonettes
From the CD Lust Lust Lust
Courtesy of The Raveonettes, Ltd. and The Orchard
“Songs My Mother Taught Me”
Written and Performed by Mark Geary
Published by pubBLAST! Songs
From the CD 33 1/3 Grand Street
Courtesy of sonaBLAST! RECORDS, LLC
WITH SPECIAL THANKS AND CONSIDERATION TO:
Alison Granucci and Blue Flower Arts
Steven Barclay and The Steven Barclay Agency
Frederick T. Courtright and The Permissions Company
Poetry Slam, Inc. (PSi)
Steve Marsh, Executive Director
Mark Strand, for judging the first Borders Open-Door Poetry Contest
Paul Muldoon, for answering writing questions from the Borders community
The Algonquin Hotel
Socorro Leopando
The Speakeasy Poetry Series
Heather O’Neill
Jessica Piazza
Rebecca Lindenberg
Michael Hansen
Bridget Cross
Tim Erickson
Bowery Poetry Club
Bob Holman
Gary Glazner
Shappy Seasholtz
Matt Lydon
Poets House
poetshouse.org
Eat Media
Mike Rowe and The Digital Society
OPEN-DOOR POETRY IS A PRESENTATION OF:
Borders Stores, Inc.
BordersMedia.com
Michael Tam, Executive Producer
Rich Fahle, Executive Producer
Charles Wagner, Producer
Lanette Chisnell, Site Design Director
Chris McGarry, Interactive Designer