[Ed Smith reading] /

Recorded in Buffalo, N.Y. on February 22, 1987 for Spoken Arts Radio. Paul Hogan donated a copy of the recording made on a 60 minute TDK sound cassette.

Paul Hogan highlights the work of poet and professor Ed Smith. Smith's poetry is highly influenced by jazz and his work "Bird and strings and butterfly dreams" is a piece that pays homage to Charlie Parker and jazz.

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

1987

Sound recording

HOG067B

Bird and strings and butterfly dreams.

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

UB Only

lib-pc002-HOG067B.mp3