Hard-hitting middleweight Carlos Adames defends his interim belt against former 154-pound unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams in the main event of a tripleheader from The Armory in Minneapolis. Adames won the interim title when he knocked out Juan Macias Montiel in October. Philadelphia’s Williams successfully made his 160-pound debut in November. Plus, 154-pound contenders Erickson Lubin vs. Luis Arias and 115-pound world champion Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea. Live on SHOWTIME.

This remarkable New Jersey poet-physician established an American kind of poem distinct from European forms. His work demonstrates an innovative use of common objects and experience as topics for poems as well as formal experiments with the cadences of actual American speech.

Richard O. Moore's own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet's world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. "A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement," according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore's style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own "poésie vérité" movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

Marion is a powerful documentary on the life of an American Gospel Icon whose success inspired not only her generation but many generations to come. Marion singing helped make the Ward Singers nationally popular when they began recording in 1948, and also inspired rock and roll pioneer Little Richard's signature wail. In addition as a strong singer with a preternaturally broad range, she was able to reach the highest registers of the soprano range without losing either purity or volume, she could also swoop down to growling low notes in the style of a country preacher.