Series VI: Spoken Word History consists of videotapes from between 1982 and 2001, most of which are dubs and commercial releases, documenting the recent history of spoken word and comedic performance. Included among the tapes in this series are Ron Mann's Poetry In Motion, Bill Moyers' Power of the Word and Language of Life, Voices and Visions, At the Forks of Troublesome: Kentucky Poets, Best of Ernie Kovacs, MTV Unplugged, MTV Fightin' Words, Wendell Berry's Hymnody of Earth, Aimé Césaire, Poetry on ESPN X-Games, and the 1998 Taos Poetry Circus.
