[Poetry reading at Rosary Hill College, Buffalo, N.Y., November 20, 1970] / Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.

Recorded at Rosary Hill College in Amherst, N.Y. on November 20, 1970 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. Recording was acquired by the Poetry Collection.

Recording of a joint poetry reading by Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. Ginsberg read early poems that had been gathered in the book Empty mirror. Ginsberg sang four poems from William Blake's Songs of innocence and of experience. Ginsberg introduced Corso by discussing and reading the poem "Gregory Corso's story." Corso read poems from the books Gasoline (1958), The happy birthday of death (1960), and Long live man (1962), including the long poem "Power," which Corso had dedicated to Ginsberg.

Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.

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1970

Sound recording

INT127A

Disc 1.Allen Ginsberg reading:A western ballad --The bricklayer's lunch hour --first line of poem:[Tonite all is well] --A meaningless institution --In society --Marijuana notation --A poem on America --The night-apple --After dead souls --How come he got canned at the ribbon factory --A typical affair --The archetype poem --first line of poem:[I made love to myself] --Walking home at night --Gregory Corso's story. --Gregory Corso reading:The last warmth of Arnold --Mexican impressions (I, II, V) --first line of poem:[On the walls of a dull furnished room] --Italian extravaganza --The mad yak --The last gangster --But I do not need kindness --The mad yak --This was my meal --Last night I drove a car --Zizi's lament --Don't shoot the warthog. --Allen Ginsberg reading:The lamb (William Blake) --Spring (Blake) --A crazy spiritual --The green automobile. --Disc 2.Love poem on a theme by Walt Whitman --Song (The weight of the world). --Gregory Corso reading:Transformation & escape --Marriage. --Allen Ginsberg reading:Paterson --Transcription of organ music --In the baggage room at Greyhound --In back of the real. --Gregory Corso reading:Power --first line of poem:[Phaestos is a village with 25 families] --Second night in N.Y.C. after 3 years. --Allen Ginsberg reading:The school boy (Blake) --Nurse's song (Blake).

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