[Poetry reading and interview at State University of New York College at Brockport, September 23, 1970] / James Wright.

Recorded at the State University of New York College at Brockport, September 23, 1970 by Allen De Loach on 7 inch Overture reel-to-reel tape. Recording was acquired from De Loach by the Poetry Collection.

This recording is of an interview and poetry reading with James Wright. Interview was conducted by Allen De Loach and focused on how Wright began to write poetry. Poetry reading was introduced possibly by William Hoyem.

James Wright.

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

1970

Sound recording

INT065B

Disc 1.Interview with James Wright. --James Wright poetry reading:The idea of the good --Blue teal's mother --Moon. --Disc 2.A poem about breasts --Sun tan at dusk --A mad fight song for William S. Carpenter 1966 --The pretty redhead --Echo for the promise of Georg Trakl's life --A centenary ode, inscribed to Little Crow, leader of the Sioux Rebellion in Minnesota, 1862 --Humming a tune for an old lady in West Virginia --A poem by Garnie Braxton --Northern Pike --Trouble --De profundis --Echo for the promise of George Trakl's life --The big people --Two hangovers --Autumn begins in Martin's Ferry, Ohio (ends abruptly).

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