[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, November 12, 1987, and an interview] / Maxine Kumin.

Recorded at Baird Hall, University at Buffalo on November 12, 1987 by Paul Hogan, who donated a copy of the recording made on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.

Interview of poet Maxine Kumin by Paul Hogan for future use on his radio program Spoken Arts. Kumin discusses being a consulting poet to the Library of Congress, her time in New Hampshire and political writing. Interview is followed by a poetry reading held at the University at Buffalo beginning at track 3.

Maxine Kumin.

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

1987

Sound recording

HOG025

Disc 1.interview of Maxine Kumin by Paul Hogan. --Kumin poetry reading:You are in Bear Country --Atlantic City, 1939 --Spree --A distant grandchild listens to farm sounds --Getting through --My elusive guest --Fraulein reads instructive lines --Purgatory --Morning swim --After love --Hello, hello Henry --Henry Manley looks back --Beans. --Disc 2.The hermit wakes to bird sounds --The agnostic speaks to her horses hoof --How it goes on --The excrement poem --Splitting wood at six above --Birthday poem --The envelope --Leaving my daughter's house --Relearning the language of April --Our groundtime here will be brief --The long approach --Grandchild.

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

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lib-pc002-HOG025.mp3