[Poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, April 20, 1982] / Alan Feldman.

Recorded on a 90 minute BASF sound cassette at the University at Buffalo on April 20, 1982.

Recording of Alan Feldman's poetry reading. He is introduced by Carl Dennis who discusses his writing and the influence Frank O'Hara has had upon his poetry.

Alan Feldman.

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

1982

Sound recording

PCR105

Carl Dennis reads Feldman's poem:Book report. --Alan Feldman reading:The collection of broken objects --The quiet years of ordinary objects --Among women --My wife gets her period --It tries to come out of the paper --Lately I've been spending hours --The goldfish who swim in their murky bowl --Losing Judy --She gets off the bus --I come up before the board of numbers to talk about my son --The radio floods the countryside with sadness --The blessing --The car radio's playing --Mother --Poem written to commemorate the opening of the George Elliston Poetry Room at the University of Cincinnati, May 4th, 1979 --The night before our trip --Happy last day --Grand Canyon poem.

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

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