Poetry.

  • 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…

  • On Sylvia Plath (Part 2 of 2)

    Actresses Sondra Lowell, Jay MacIntosh, Juliana McCarthy, Constance Pfeiffer, Judith Roberts, Joanne Strauss, and Sherry Tyler read examples of the work of the brilliant and tortured poet who committed suicide at age 30. Actress Dorothy Dells reads the profile by Elizabeth Hardwick from the New York Review of Books which includes an analysis of the…

  • Rosella Pace (Part 1 of 4)

    Alvaro Cardona-Hine introduces poet Rosella Pace, who reads from her own work. Her reading is interspersed with conversation between Pace and the host. Rosella Pace is from Minnesota, studied at University of Minnesota, and has been published in Poetry Review Tampa, Euphoria, and Monument.

  • New writers forum (Episode 3 of 7, Part 2 of 2)

    New writers forum Episode 3 of 7. Laura Ulewicz (May 18, 1930 – October 5, 2007) presides in a program of readings by the following poets: Sister Mary Norbert, Janine Pommy Vega (February 5, 1942 – December 23, 2010), William Anderson, and J.W. Hackett–Haiku expert (2 reels : 109 min.) Part 2 of 2. Recorded…

  • New writers forum (Episode 5 of 7, Part 2 of 2)

    New writers forum Episode 5 of 7. Lew Welch, Phillip Whalen, David Meltzer and Charles Upton and Terrance Cuddy read their work in a recording made at the Straight Theatre in San Francisco (2 reels : 112 min.). Part 2 of 2. Broadcast live March 28, 1968.

  • New writers forum: May 23, 1968 (Episode 6 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 6 of 7. Kenneth Rexroth hosts a program of young poets reading their work. The program was broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco May 23 1968. Poets included were: Paul Saffran, Jessica von Hagedorn, Stephen Schwartz, Larry Moore, Carol Tinker, and Jon Turpin.

  • New writers forum (Episode 6 of 7, Part 2 of 2)

    New writers forum Episode 6 of 7. Kenneth Rexroth hosts a program of young poets reading their work. The program was broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco May 23 1968. Poets included were: Paul Saffran, Jessica von Hagedorn, Stephen Schwartz, Larry Moore, Carol Tinker, Jon Turpin (2 reels : 75 min.) Part…

  • New writers forum: June 10, 1968 (Episode 7 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 7 of 7 (appeared as “Poets Theater” in folio). George Hitchcock reading with Lennart Bruce, James Tate, Lucia Matson. This program was originally broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco on June 10, 1968. The live performance also included a light show (!!). With this program KPFA’s New Writer’s…

  • New writers forum (Episode 7 of 7, Part 2 of 2)

    New writers forum Episode 7 of 7. George Hitchcock reading with Lennart Bruce, James Tate, Lucia Matson. This program was originally broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco. With this program KPFA’s New Writer’s Forum combined with the Poets Theatre, a weekly feature during the spring of 1968, at the Straight Theatre. The…

  • New writers forum: December 28, 1967 (Episode 3 of 7)

    New writers forum Episode 3 of 7. Laura Ulewicz (May 18, 1930 – October 5, 2007) presides in a program of readings by the following poets: Sister Mary Norbert (aka Korte, Mary Norbert, 1934-), William “Bill” Anderson, Janine Pommy Vega (February 5, 1942 – December 23, 2010), and J.W. Hackett (b. 1929)–Haiku expert, and Laura…