Swenson, May.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Poet May Swenson reads from her book To Mix With Time

    Poet May Swenson (1913-1989) reads selections from her forthcoming book of new and selected poems, To Mix with Time (Scribner, 1963). She is also the author of Another Animal (Scribner, 1964) and A Cage of Spines (Rinehart, 1958).

  • From the poetry center. (Series Record)

    Series record describing series of poets reading at the Poetry Center. |pt.1. Anne Sexton (30 min.) — pt.2. Marianne Moore (22 min.) — pt.3. Alan Tate (35 min.) — pt.4. Kenneth Rexroth (29 min.) — pt.5. John Dos Passos (3 reels : 76 min.) — pt.6. Irving Feldman (2 reels : 46 min.) — pt.7.…