Poetry.

  • Manhattan Theatre Club poetry cabaret

    This is a recording of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Writers in performance” series, introduced by its director, Janet Sternberg. The program features The Poetry Cabaret, which combines poetry and prose in performance with jazz. Writers on this recording are Wesley Brown; Alan Ziegler; Alexis De Veaux and Gwendolen Hardwick accompanied by saxophonist Charles Tyler and…

  • St. Mark’s Poetry Project: 1976 New Year’s day (Parts 1 and 2 only)

    Recording of the annual benefit performance for the St. Mark’s Poetry Project on January 1, 1976. There are three parts, though the archives has only Parts One and Two. Part One performers include Paul McCandless on tabla; Ed Sanders; John Cage; Robert Wilson and Christopher Knowles; Anne Waldman; Victor Bockris reads “Phone Numbers” and William…

  • Barbara Hughes (Part 3 of 4)

    Barbara Hughes reads from and comments on her poetry in a program produced and hosted by Alvaro Cardona-Hine. She reads from two different poetry manuscripts, the first of which is untitled, the second tentatively titled “Not called anything.” Hughes was born in Connecticut, graduated from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, and teaches English as…

  • Deena Metzger (Part 4 of 4)

    Deena Metzger reads selections her book of poems “Dark milk” (Los Angeles: Momentum Press, 1978) and an excerpt from her novel “Flying” (unpublished) and discusses her work with Everett Frost. The poems she reads are Daphne — Dawn — Apricot poem — Marketing — Little league women — Cows — Dalila — Oasis.

  • Holly Prado (Part 2 of 4)

    Holly Prado reads from her manuscript “Signs” and discusses her poetry in a program hosted and produced by Alvaro Cardona-Hine. Prado was born in 1938, grew up in Nebraska and Michigan, graduated from Albion College in Michigan and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Edited by Petrie Mason.

  • Sid Gershgoren (Episode 6)

    Sid Gershgoren reads from his work and discusses it with Alvaro Cardona-Hine.

  • Anne Sexton reads at the Poetry Center

    Anne Sexton reads some of her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-YWHA in New York City in 1965. Some of the poems read are: Her kind — I remember — In the deep museum — The truth the dead know — Walking in Paris — For the year…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center (Part 2 of 2)

    This is part two of May Swenson reading from her own work at the YM-YWHA Poetry Center in New York City. The reading took place on December 16, 1965.