Poetry reading
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Marianne Moore reads at the Poetry Center
In this program, the well-known American poet, Marianne Moore, reads from her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-YWHA in New York City in 1965. Unfortunately, the entire recording of Moore’s reading was unavailable, and this program includes only the second half. It begins with Moore reading her poem…
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May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center
This is a recording of May Swenson (1913 – 1989) reading from her own work at the YM-YWHA Poetry Center in New York City. On Part 1, Swenson reads Living Tenderly, The Surface, Fountain Piece, The Exchange, The Engagement, Death, Great Smoothener, At First, At Last (introduced as A Diagram of Life), The Lightning, Working…
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May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center (Part 2 of 2)
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Jean Garrigue reads at the Poetry Center
Poet Jean Garrigue (1912 – 1972), author of five volumes of poetry, including the recently published “Country without maps,” reads from her work in a program recorded at the Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA in January 1965. Garrigue reads For the circuit of the Orpheum and the Isis, For the beauty of the Beau Monde(?),…
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Anne Sexton reads at the Poetry Center
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KPFA poetry festival (Part 2 of 5) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.
KPFA Poetry festival Part 2 of 5. The second part of the festival begins with Harlem’s David Henderson followed by Jessica Hagedorn. This tape ends with a mystical, miniature sermon by 1968 National Book Award winner Robert Bly, incorporating poems by, among others, Rilke, Yeats, and the world’s first whirling dervish.
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KPFA poetry festival (Part 3 of 5) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.
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KPFA poetry festival (Part 4 of 5) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.
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KPFA poetry festival (Part 5 of 5) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel.