[Poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, February 12, 1987] / Susan Howe.
Recorded at the Poetry Collection on February 12, 1987 on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette.
Poet and professor, Susan Howe, reads from her recently published works including Singularities. Poet is introduced by University colleague Robert Creeley.
The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
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[Poetry reading at Kent State University, April 10, 1978] / Kenneth Irby.
Recorded by Robert Bertholf on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at Kent State on April 10, 1978.
[Poetry reading at the Naropa Institute, August 7, 1976] / Allen Ginsberg ... [et al.].
Recorded on August 7, 1976 at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado by participant Allen De Loach on a 120 minute Tracs sound cassette.
Poetry reading given by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Ch??gyam Trungpa, and William S. Burroughs. Philip Whalen provides introductions to the readers. Trungpa's poetry is read by David Rome.
[Lecture at the Naropa Institute, August 10, 1976] / Philip Whalen.
Recorded on August 10, 1976 at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado by participant Allen De Loach on a 90 minute Scotch sound cassette.
A lecture given by Philip Whalen during the 1976 summer session. Whalen reads and discusses the work of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and nature in literature produced in the United States during the 19th century.
[Poetry reading at the Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y., February 11, 1987] / Fred Wah, Warren Tallman.
Recorded at the Allentown Community Center on February 11, 1987 by Paul T. Hogan on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.
Recording of the Fred Wah and Warren Tallman's poetry readings at the Allentown Community Center. Tallman introduced Wah, and Wah introduced Tallman.
[Poetry reading at University of New Mexico, Union Theatre, May 3, 1962] / Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Recorded at the University of New Mexico, Union Theatre, May 3, 1962 on a 7 inch Sunset reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach, who gave the recording to the Poetry Collection.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads to an enthusiastic audience in New Mexico. He reads from Starting off from San Francisco, Americus and A Coney Island of the mind. Ferlinghetti closes the reading with a poem about D.H. Lawrence and Taos, N.M.
Recorded on a 60 minute Fuji sound cassette, possibly in 1971 at the University at Buffalo.
Poet John Montague reads his poems. He is introduced by an unnamed man.
[Poetry reading at Head Tide, Alna, Maine, August 25, 1975] / Gordon Clark.
Recorded at Head Tide, Alna, Maine on August 25, 1975 on a 90 minute Norelco sound cassette.
Gordon Clark reads his poetry from At the drop of a hat and Sarah's gorilla. Track 3 on disc 2 begins an unrelalted recording of British sketch comedy.
[Lecture on oral performance at the University at Buffalo, April 17, 1980] / Jerome Rothenberg.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo on April 17, 1970 on two 60 minute Scotch sound cassettes. Recorded by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
Jerome Rothenberg reads poems and translations of Native American poetry and songs and discusses poetics.
[Interview on Stonewall nation, November 15, 1978] / Eric Bentley
Recorded at the University at Buffalo for WBFO FM 88 radio program "Stonewall nation" and broadcast November 15, 1978. Recorded on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
Alex Van Oss interviews Eric Bentley on the topic of gay liberation and theater arts.
[Margaret Randall Defense Committee presents an evening of free speech, poetry and prose, Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y., April 23, 1988] / Diane Di Prima ... [et al.].
Recorded at the Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y. on April 23, 1988 by Paul T. Hogan on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.
Poetry reading by Diane Di Prima, Robert Creeley, Jimmie Margaret Canfield, Margaret Randall, and Michelle Wallace.
[Poetry reading, St. Mark's Church, New York, N.Y., January 3, 1968] / John Wieners.
Recorded on St. Mark's Church, New York, N.Y., January 3, 1968 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach.
Recorded at the COSMEP Conference on June 11-13, 1970 by Allen De Loach on three 7 inch reel-to-reel tapes. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
This recording is of the Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers (COSMEP) conference held from June 11-13, 1970. The conference featured lectures, readings, question and answer sessions, and discussions by conference participants. The participants included: Allen Katzman, Victor Coleman, Jerome Rothenberg, William Wantling, John Wieners, Robert Creeley, Susan Sherman, Leslie Fiedler, and Allen Ginsberg.
[Poetry reading, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 1, 1975] / Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.
Recorded on three 90 minute sound cassettes on March 1, 1975 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Poets Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso perform poetry and sing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The sound quality is poor. The recording also has commercially recorded music interspersed with the live performance.
Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.
[Poetry reading, May 14, 1982] / Eileen Myles, Michael Lally, Bud Navera.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette May 14, 1982 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of Eileen Myles, Michael Lally and Bud Navera reading poetry.
Eileen Myles, Michael Lally, Bud Navera.
[Poetry reading, October 26, 1995] / Lucille Clifton.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette October 26, 1995 at the Allentown Community Center.
Recording of Lucille Clifton's poetry reading in Buffalo.
[Poetry reading, February 6, 1969] / John Wieners, Michael Hamburger, Allen De Loach.
Recorded by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape on Febraury 6, 1969 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of a poetry reading and musical performance featuring John Wieners, Michael Hamburger, and Allen De Loach. The sound quality is very poor, rendering much of the recording inaudible.
John Wieners, Michael Hamburger, Allen De Loach.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco.
Recording of Jess reading and singing. The recording has very poor sound quality.
[Poetry reading, University at Buffalo, February 10, 1983] / Sonia Sanchez.
Recorded on a sound cassette at the Kiva Room at the University at Buffalo on February 10, 1983.
Recording of a reading by Sonia Sanchez. The recording has very poor sound quality.
[Poetry reading, February 28, 1968] / Dick Higgins ... [et al.].
Recorded on February 28, 1968 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
Disc 1 features William Burroughs reading and it appears to be recorded from a commercial recording. Disc 2 features a sound performance from Dick Higgins, Jackson Mac Low, Carol Berg??, Iris Lezak, Alison Knowles, Donald Phelps, Alex Gross.
[Poetry reading, May 8, 1971] / Allen De Loach ... [et al.].
Recorded by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape on May 8, 1971 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Recording of various unidentified poets reading protest poetry. The original label claims the reading occurred in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Allen De Loach read and recorded this performance, however the sound quality is very poor, rendering parts of the recording inaudible.
[Poetry reading at the University of California, Berkeley, November 13, 1975] / John Montague.
Recorded at the University of California, Berkeley, November 13, 1975 on a 90 minute sound cassette.
Irish poet John Montague reads his poems and shares anecdotes. He is introduced by Thomas Parkinson, his former mentor. The recording actually begins on disc 2 and it should be listened to first.
[Interview and performance] / Pete Seeger and Allen De Loach.
Recorded in the 1970s? Allen De Loach on two Compact sound cassettes.
Allen De Loach interviewed Pete Seeger and recorded his performance.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 18, 1965] / Jim Boyack ... [et al].
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 18, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading by Jim Boyack, Victor Coleman, Robert Hogg, Stephen Rodefer and David Franks at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. The event was introduced by Robin Eichele.
[Poetry reading at the Naropa Institute, August 11, 1976] / Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Di Prima, Jim White.
Recorded at the Naropa Institute, August 11, 1976 on a 120 minute Tracs sound cassettes. Recorded by Naropa participant Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
Poetry reading by Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Di Prima and Jim White at the Naropa Institute. Disc 1 is actually the continuation of Disc 2,
Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Di Prima, Jim White.
[Letter to Carolyn Stoloff, February 20, 1970] / Robert Peterson, Dorothy Peterson.
Recorded for Carolyn Stoloff on a 5 inch Premier reel-to-reel tape on February 20, 1970.
Recording of a tape made by Robert and Dorothy Peterson in response to a tape sent by Carolyn Stoloff reading her poetry.
[Poetry reading, Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y., March 11, 1983] / Ishmael Reed, David Henderson.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette on March 11, 1983 at the Allentown Community Center.
Recording of Ishmael Reed and David Henderson reading poetry.
[Poetry reading, Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y., October 30, 1983] / Carolyn Forch??.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y. on October 30, 1983.
Recording of Carolyn Forch??'s poetry reading.
[Interviews] / Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Johnson, Raymond Federman
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette June 5 and 12, 1988 for Spoken Arts radion on WBFO.
Recording of Mary Van Vorst's interviews with Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Johnson, Raymond Federman on WBFO's Spoken Arts Radio Program.
Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Johnson, Raymond Federman
[Poetry reading, November 9, 1995] / Kimiko Hahn.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette on November 9, 1995.
[Student poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, April 29, 1987] / Wilma Cipolla ... [et al.].
Recorded at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo on a sound cassette on April 29, 1987.
Wilma Reid Cipolla gives the winner of the Academy of American Poets Prize to Steven Gay (honorable mention) and to Paula Cahill (winner). Carl Dennis provides the Arthur Axlerod Award to Tammy Otto and Christopher Parker, and the Scribblers' Award to Deborah Corder (winner) and Cahill (runner-up).
[Poetry reading, Allentown Community Center, March 9, 1984] / Maureen Owen.
Recorded on a 60 TDK sound cassettes on March 9, 1984 at the Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y.
[F'loom poetry reading, May 5, 2000] / Just Buffalo Literary Center.
Recorded on a 90 TDK sound cassettes on May 5, 2000 at F'loom, Just Buffalo Literary Center at Allen Hall, University at Buffalo.
Recording of a modern sound poetry reading with unidentified poets.
[Poetry reading, Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y. April 26, 1985] / Jorge Guitart, Nancy Morej??n.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassettes on April 26, 1985 at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of a reading by Nancy Morej??n and Jorge Guitart.
Recorded on May 11, 1970 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Recorded in the [1970s?] on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Collection of tape recorded poems by various poets. The sound quality is very poor and the recording is almost inaudible at points. The original reel tape box claims that the poets featured on the recording are: John Perrault, Eduardo Costa, Vito Hannibal Acconci, Michael Benedikt, Scott Burton, Ted Castle, Leandro Katz, John Giorno, Joseph Ceravolo, Dan Graham, Bernadette Mayer, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, Hannah Weiner.
[Paul Blackburn memorial poetry reading] /
Recorded in 1971 on a 90 minute Scotch sound cassette by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
Memorial poetry reading for Paul Blackburn featuring different unidentified poets. The recording has very poor sound quality and is almost inaudible.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 22, 1965] / Robert Creeley.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 22, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. He was introduced by Robert Duncan.
[Discussion of Charles Olson] / George Butterick.
Recorded by George Butterick on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape possibly in 1971.
Recording of a discussion of Charles Olson given by George Butterick at Wilson College. Additionally, there is a recording of Albert Glover at St. Lawrence University discussing Olson. Ralph Maud is also featured on the recording discussing Olson.
Recorded on an Audio Magnetics sound cassette in the 1980s.
Poetry readings by Merritt Clifton featuring selections from Samisdat.
[Poetry reading, March 17, 1972] / John Barth, Neal Cassady.
Recorded on February 20, 1968 in New York, N.Y. on two 60 minute Tracs sound cassette tapes by Allen De Loach.
Poetry reading by John Barth featuring his reading of Chimera. Disc 2 features a recording of Neal Cassady live in performance. The sound quality of the recording is very poor.
[Poetry reading, February 20, 1968] / Ted Berrigan.
Recorded on February 20, 1968 in New York, N.Y. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach.
Poetry reading by Ted Berrigan featuring works from Bean spasms, The sonnets.
[Poetry reading, April 15, 1977] / Ted Berrigan.
Recorded on April 15, 1977 in Buffalo, N.Y. on a 90 minute sound cassette by Allen De Loach.
[Lecture, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 23, 1965] / Robert Creeley.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 23, 1965.
Recording of a lecture by Robert Creeley at the Berkeley Poetry Conference.
[Reading and lecture, November 20, 1988] / Russell Banks, John Brandi.
Recorded on two 90 minute TDK sound cassette on November 20, 1988.
Recording of a reading and lecture by Russell Banks and John Brandi.
[Poetry reading] / Anne Waldman, John Daley.
Recorded on a 60 minute Sony sound cassette in the 1980s.
Recording of a reading by Anne Waldman and John Daley. The recording has very poor sound quality.
[Poetry reading, May 4, 1988] / Fielding Dawson, Ed Sanders.
Recorded on a 60 minute Sony sound cassette on May 4, 1988.
Recording of a reading by Fielding Dawson and Ed Sanders. The recording has poor sound quality.
Recorded on a 60 minute TDK sound cassette in the 1980s.
Recording of a reading with Eileen Myles.
[Poetry reading and interview] / Seamus Heaney.
Recorded on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette and broadcast on WBFO radio in the 1980s.
Recording of a reading and an interview with Seamus Heaney by Barbara Herring.
[Poetry reading, October 7, 1988] / John Brandi.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette on October 7, 1988 in Buffalo, N.Y.
[Poetry to Go reading, Buffalo, N.Y., April 2, 1999] /
Recorded on three 60 Maxell sound cassettes on April 2, 1999 at the Poetry to Go reading in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of a reading and discussion by: Brian Lamplum, Graham Foust, Anna Walsh, Kristianne Meal, Ben Freidlander, Celia White, Anna Walsh.
[Poetry reading at Anima Animal Animation Conference, Buffalo, N.Y., November 22, 1980] / Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley.
Recorded on two 120 Ampex sound cassette on November 22, 1980 at the Anima Animal Animation Conference in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of a reading by Robert Duncan and Robert Creeley.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 16, 1965] / Gary Snyder.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 16, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading by Gary Snyder at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. Snyder is introduced by Thomas Parkinson.
[Interview] / Dan Rice and George Butterick.
Recorded by George Butterick on a three 90 minute Maxell sound cassettes reel-to-reel tape in the 1970s.
Recording of an interview between Dan Rice and George Butterick.
[Interview, November 13, 1970] / Fred Wah, George Butterick, Ralph Maud.
Recorded by George Butterick on a 7 inch Charters reel-to-reel tape on November 30, 1970.
Recording of an interview and reading by Fred Wah. Ralph Maud and George Butterick are also featured on the recording. He reads poems, letters and quotes from Robert Duncan, Drummond Hadley, James Koller, George Stanley.
[Poetry reading, June 6, 1966] / William Burroughs.
Recorded on June 6, 1961 at an unidentified poetry reading and also recorded from several commercially produced Burroughs' recordings on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach.
Poetry reading by William Burroughs recorded June 6, 1961. Additional recordings of Burroughs reading at an international poetry festival in San Francisco, reading in Heidelberg, March 1967, Better books, Summer 967, English Bookshop in Paris, in 1961.
[Poetry reading, January 30, 1971] / Bill Butler.
Recorded on January 30, 1971 at 11 Greenfield Street, Buffalo, N.Y. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach.
[Poetry reading, May 8, 1968] / Robert Creeley, Allen De Loach.
Recorded on May 8, 1968 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
Poetry reading by Allen De Loach and Robert Creeley for the Defense Fund Benefit at the University at Buffalo.
[Poetry reading, February 18, 1967] / Charles Bukowski.
Recorded on February 18, 1967 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 24, 1965] / Ron Loewinsohn, Joanne Kyger.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 24, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading by Ron Loewinsohn and Joanne Kyger at the Berkeley Poetry Conference.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 23, 1965] / Charles Olson.
Recording of a discussion and poetry reading of Maximus by Charles Olson at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. He was introduced by Robert Duncan.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 16, 1965] / Robert Duncan.
Recording of a poetry reading of Passages by Robert Duncan at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. He was introduced by Thomas Parkinson.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 20, 1965] / Ed Dorn.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 20, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading by Ed Dorn at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. He was introduced by Robert Creeley.
[Poetry reading at Cornell University on April 18, 1961] / John Logan.
Recorded at Cornell University on April 18, 1961 on a 5 inch Ampex reel-to-reel tape.
Poetry reading by John Logan at Cornell University.
[Poetry reading at Kent State University] / Michael McClure.
Recorded at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio in the 1970s on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. Recorded by Robert J. Bertholf who donated to the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo, where Bertholf subsequently served as Curator
Recording of a poetry reading by Michael McClure. McClure is introduced by an unnamed man.
[Poetry reading, Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 21, 1965] / Allen Ginsberg.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape at the Berkeley Poetry Conference on July 21, 1965.
Recording of a poetry reading by Allen Ginsberg at the Berkeley Poetry Conference. He was introduced by Thomas Parkinson.
[Poetry reading, Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, April 17, 2006] / Brother Anthony and Kim Kwang Kyu.
Recorded on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette at the Poetry Collection, April 17, 2006.
Recording of a poetry reading in English and Korean. Introductions are by Richard Owens and Kim Hymemin.
[Reading of work Two hands and Brainard and Washington Street poems] / James Koller.
Recorded on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco.
James Koller reads from Two hands and Brainard and Washington Street poems.
[Reading of work California poems] / James Koller.
James Koller reads from California poems.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, March 1965] / William Dickey.
Recorded at the YM-YWHA (92nd Street Y) in New York City for McGraw-Hill Sound Seminar series on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape. Digital reproduction for educational purposes only.
[Interview and poetry reading] / Basil Bunting, John Rolph
Recording made by Jonathan Williams with Basil Bunting and John Rolph, possibly in 1966 on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams. Discs feature an interview with Basil Bunting and the poet reading from Chome at Toyama. John Rolph is also interviewed.
[Poetry reading at University of Connecticut at Storrs, April 25, 1972] / Robert Duncan. [Poetry reading / Ed Dorn.]
Recording of Duncan at the University of Connecticut at Storrs by Robert J. Bertholf on a 7 inch BASF reel-to-reel tape. The recording details for the Dorn reading are not available.
Recording of a poetry reading by Robert Duncan held in Storrs, Connecticut at the annual Wallace Stevens Program. The reading begins with Duncan presenting an award to Kenneth Delefante, Charles Stein, Stephen White. Duncan read from Passages, A seventeenth century suite in homage to the Metaphysical genius in English poetry (1590-1690). This reading is followed by an Ed Dorn reading, recorded by Robert J. Bertholf. However, the logistics of the Dorn reading are not available.
Robert Duncan. [Poetry reading / Ed Dorn.]
[Poetry reading, University at Buffalo, April 29, 1970] / Kenneth Koch.
Recorded at the Norton Conference Theater, University at Buffalo on April 29, 1970 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Poetry reading by Kenneth Koch. Koch reads from his works: The pleasures of peace and Thank you and other poems. Koch is introduced by Robert Creeley.
[Robert Duncan interview on Yale reports, May 31, 1964] / David Schaff, Eugene Vance.
Recorded at the WTIC station in New Haven, Connecticut on May 31, 1964 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of an interview with Robert Duncan, conducted by David Schaff and moderated by Eugene Vance in New Haven, Connecticut on May 31, 1964 for the WTIC program "Yale Reports." Duncan ends the interview by reading the poem "The dance" from The opening of the field (1960).
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, July 15, 1968] / Robert Duncan.
Recorded at the State University of New York at Buffalo on July 15, 1968 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of Robert Duncan reading I to XXVIII of "The structure of rime." Duncan reads an early version of "The structure of rime XXVII," published in Ground work: before the war (1984), and a completely different, uncollected version of "The structure of rime XXVIII," which, according to the description on the container of the recording, was written on the day of the reading.
[Poetry reading, Buffalo, N.Y., March 20, 1972] / Leslie Fiedler, John Logan, John Barth.
Recorded in Buffalo, New York on March 20, 1972 by Allen De Loach on a 120 minute Dynasound sound cassette. Recording was acquired from De Loach by the Poetry Collection.
This reading by Leslie Fiedler, John Logan, and John Barth was held in Buffalo, New York on March 20, 1972. Fiedler and Logan read poetry, and Barth read the opening of his novella Perseid, published in the collection Chimera in 1972. According to the title on the original container of the recording, the reading was held in one of the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Buffalo, but it is unclear which one. Also according to the original container, the reading was held as a benefit for SUNY Buffalo, where all three men were teachers at the time of the reading.
[Poetry reading at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., March 28, 1980] / Michael McClure.
Recorded at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York on March 28, 1980 by Allen De Loach on a 5 inch Ampex reel-to-reel tape. Recording was acquired from De Loach by the Poetry Collection.
Poetry reading by Michael McClure held at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York on March 28, 1980. WBFO host Maureen Muncaster introduced the broadcast of the Just Buffalo reading at the Allentown Community Center."
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, March 17, 1968] / Michael McClure.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo on March 17, 1968 by Allen De Loach on a Scotch 7 inch reel-to-reel. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
The poetry reading by Michael McClure began with a reading of early versions of two poems, "Plume ode" from Little odes and the raptors (1969) and "Mad sonnet 3" from Star (1970). McClure then read from his published works, including nine poems from Ghost tantras (1964) and then from his play The beard (1965). The woman who introduced McClure is unidentified.
[Poetry reading, February 15, 1967] / John Wieners.
Recorded on February 15, 1967 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This poetry reading by John Wieners was held on February 15, 1967. The location is unidentified, but believed to be in Buffalo, N.Y., perhaps at the University at Buffalo. Seven of the poems are uncollected and six are early versions. Wieners said that the early version of "For Huncke" "is to the guru of Times Square" and after reading the line "Exchange blood and be brothers for all time," which would be ommitted in later versions, Wieners said "I hate that word 'time' now." Wieners also said that "Clarification and wonders: spots in my eye" was "written after being up about three days," and that the poem beginning "As I put out my cigarette tonight in bed" "is not complete enough from Arshile Gorky's line 'How my mother's embroidered apron unfolds in my life.'" Wieners dedicated "Where'd our love go?" to Harvey Brown and said that "The suicide" is a poem for Sylvia Plath.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, December 2, 1970] / Denise Levertov.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo on December 2, 1970 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of a poetry reading by Denise Levertov. She reads from her new books such as Relearning the alphabet. Levertov talks openly about her desire for revolution and her views of contemporary American society. She discusses her appreciation of Goethe and reads a dramatic version of Goethe's blues. Levertov also reads the uncollected poem "Incomplete monstrous self-portrait." She was introduced by Allen De Loach.
[Poetry reading at the Tralfamadore Cafe in Buffalo, N.Y., October 1, 1979] / Robert Creeley, Peter Levitt.
Recorded at the Tralfamadore Cafe in Buffalo, New York on October 1, 1979 by Allen De Loach on a 90 minute Certron sound cassette. Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
Allen De Loach introduces the poets for the first fall 1979 reading in the "Outriders Series." Peter Levitt opens by singing the first part of "A song for the year's end" a poem by Louis Zukofsky for his wife. Levitt then reads his own poems, some of which are uncollected, some of which are from the book Running grass: poems 1970-1977, for which Creeley wrote the foreward. In the second half, Creeley reads "A death" from his book of short stories, The gold diggers. He also reads the sixteenth chapter of his novel, The island.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 3, 1990] / Jim Carroll and Allen Ginsberg.
Recorded in Buffalo, New York on October 3, 1990 on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette.
This poetry reading by Jim Carroll and Allen Ginsberg was sponsored by Just Buffalo Literary Center. Carroll was introduced by Ted Pelton and Ginsberg was introduced by Charles Bernstein. Carroll first read passages from Forced entries: the downtown diaries 1971-1973 (1978), then said "I'll read a couple of new pieces. Some of these I haven't actually typed up yet, so I'm just going to read them from my notebook." Two of the poems Carroll read (the first beginning "As a result of spring, mosquitoes are magnificent" and the second beginning "Train to Baltimore inches out of Penn Station") are as yet, uncollected. Ginsberg read poems that spanned from 1947 to the time of the reading. He started off with "In society," the 1947 poem that opens his book: Collected poems. Toward the end of the reading, Ginsberg read early versions of, as he put it: "short poems, sort of alternate style, not particularly controversial, perceptions, single-sentence one liners" that would be printed under the title "American sentences" in the book Cosmopolitan greetings: poems 1986-1992 (1994), as well as one-line poems that are uncollected.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 22, 1968] / Stuart Montgomery, Tom Pickard.
Recorded at the State University of New York at Buffalo on October 22, 1968 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
Stuart Montgomery opens the event by reading an early version of the long poem "Circe" (1969) and a selection of short poems. Tom Pickard reads short poems that come from High on the walls (1967) and The order of chance (1971). In addition to reading their own poetry, Montgomery and Pickard read several poems by Pete Brown, Spike Hawkins, and Basil Bunting.
[Reading at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York, March 28 1980] / Fielding Dawson.
Recorded at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York on March 28, 1980 on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of WBFO's broadcast of a reading by Fielding Dawson, held in the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo. The reading is introduced by Maureen Muncaster, the host from WBFO radio. Dawson said: "I want to read some very, very new things and then a piece that's actually pretty early, that I happened to reread recently, and that really almost knocked me out, as a matter of fact ... but the prose that I'll be reading this evening has not been read to an audience yet."
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 20, 1970] / Edward Dorn.
Recorded in the Fillmore Room at the University at Buffalo on October 20, 1970 at 8 p.m. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
The recording begins in medias res at the twenty-seventh line of the section of Gunslinger (1975) titled "The cycle", which includes "The interior decorator runs the scenario of the wing?
[Poetry reading at the National Poetry Festival, Thomas Jefferson College, June 16, 1973] / Allen Ginsberg.
Recorded at the National Poetry Festival at Thomas Jefferson College in Allendale, Michigan on June 16, 1973 by Allen De Loach on a 120 Tracs sound cassette. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
Allen Ginsberg's poetry reading was part of the National Poetry Festival which ran from June 14 to 24. Ginsberg mostly sang and read poems that would be published in First blues (1975) and Mind breaths: poems 1971-76 (1978), plus Mock-sestina: the conspiracy against Dr. Timothy Leary, which was only published as a broadside (May 1973) by Rallying Point Magazine. Ginsberg concluded by chanting a version of the "Mantra for purification of speech" that was interchanged with Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu. The man who introduced Ginsberg is unidentified.
[Poetry reading at the Writers Forum at State University of New York at Brockport, November 19, 1975] / James Laughlin.
Recorded at the Writers Forum at State University of New York at Brockport on November 19, 1975 by Allen De Loach on two 60 minute 3M sound cassettes. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
James Laughlin began by discussing New Directions Publishing and Ezra Pound. He then read his own poetry and concluded by answering questions from the audience.
[Poetry reading, August 15, 1972] / David Meltzer.
Recorded in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972 by Allen De Loach on a 60 minute Sound Dynamics cassette tape.
This recording is of a poetry reading by David Meltzer, held in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972. Among the books from which Meltzer reads are Bark, A polemic (1973), Hero/Lil (1973), and Six (1976). The recording was made by Allen De Loach.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, December 4, 1968] / Louis Simpson.
Recorded at the Haas Lounge, Norton Union, University at Buffalo on December 4, 1968 by Allen De Loach on 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Louis Simpson reads poems to the University audience which were published in: At the end of the open road (1963). He reads poems chronicling his time living in California. Simpson conludes the reading by answering questions from the audience about the state of contemporary American poetry and society. He talks of his hope that he has crafted poems which transcend time and are relevant to future generations. He also shares a conversation he had with John Logan about the art of creating poetry and the subsequent publishing of it. Simpson openly states that (for example) Allen Ginsberg's constant exposure to the public would destroy him and his ability to create in a week. Albert Cook introduces Simpson after an anecdotal discussion of Simpson, Tom Clark and Allen Ginsberg. Recording ends abruptly.
[Lecture on Herman Melville at Goddard College, April 14, 1962] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 14, 1962 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Charles Olson's lecture on Herman Melville held at Goddard College in 1962. Olson reads from the essays "A house built by Capt. John Somes 1763" and "Equal, that is, to the real itself," the poem "Letter for Melville 1951," and the prologue to Call me Ishmael (1947). Olson also read the short prose piece "Omnia mea mecum porto" by Gino Clays, which was published in the March 19, 1962 issue of Clays' magazine A pamphlet. Complementary to this lecture (CUR021) is the reading that Olson gave at Goddard two nights prior (CUR020).
[Poetry reading by Charles Olson at Goddard College, April 12, 1962] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 12, 1962 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of a reading by Charles Olson, held at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 12, 1962. Olson reads selections from The Maximus poems, plus three short poems ("The Librarian," "Moonset, Gloucester, December 1, 1957, 1:58 AM," and "The distances"). He answers questions from the audience throughout the reading. Complementary to this recording (CUR020) is the lecture on Herman Melville that Olson delivered at Goddard two nights later (CUR021).
[Lecture and poetry reading at SUNY Cortland, October 20, 1967] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, N.Y. on October 20, 1967 on a 7 inch Agfa Magneton reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of a lecture and poetry reading by Charles Olson, held at SUNY Cortland on October 20, 1967, as part of a convocation attended by poets from throughout the SUNY system, including John Wieners. Transcriptions of the recording have been made by George F. Butterick, who published his version in Muthologos: the collected lectures and interviews (1979), and by Ralph Maud, who published his version in the fourth issue of Minutes of the Charles Olson Society (1994). Olson was introduced by Sherry Moore.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 9, 1967] / Tibor Tollas, with John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass reading in translation.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo, October 9, 1967 by Allen De Loach for the Poetry Collection on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of Tibor Tollas reading at the University at Buffalo. Reading features performances of Tollas' Hungarian poems in translation by John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass. John Logan and Joseph [Hurtavi] introduced Tollas.
Tibor Tollas, with John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass reading in translation.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 4, 1963] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at the recital room in Baird Hall at the University at Buffalo on October 4, 1963 on 7 inch Sarkes reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of Charles Olson reading from Books IV, V, VI of The Maximus poems. Olson plays a recording of himself reading "To Gerhardt, there, among Europe's things of which he has written us in his 'Brief an Creeley und Olson.'" He concludes by reading "The death of Europe." Olson is introduced by Oscar Silverman.
[Poetry reading at the University of California, Berkeley, May 8, 1958] / Robert Frost.
Recorded at the University of California, Berkeley on May 8, 1958 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. Recording donated to the Poetry Collection by Anthony Ostroff, who possibly recorded the reading.
Poetry reading by Robert Frost. He began the reading by saying: "I speak to you as a native son and an alumnus." Frost discusses poetry and life with the enthusiastic audience.
[San Francisco Mime Troupe benefit reading, April 1, 1967] /
Recorded at the University at Buffalo on April 1, 1967 from two 90 minute Scotch sound cassettes.
Recording of a poetry program featuring University at Buffalo professors (Robert Creeley, Mac Hammond, Leslie Fiedler, John Wieners) and graduate students (Allen De Loach).
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Robert Bertholf possibly in Kent, Ohio in 1972.
Spirited poetry reading by Robert Creeley. Creeley is introduced by an unidentified woman who interacts with Creeley throughout the introduction. Creeley reads several of the poems more than once (Dear Dorothy, twice
Recorded possibly in 1960 from the original source on a 7 inch Ampex reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of a program on Dylan Thomas featuring discussion of his life and his poetry. Included is an interview with the Florence Thomas, the mother of Dylan Thomas by [Thomas D. Edwards?]. Sound quality of the recording is poor and was most likely recorded from a radio broadcast, but all details surrounding the specifics of the recording are unavailable.