[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.

Robert Frost.

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

1958

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Sound recording

OST008

One more brevity (early version) --first line of poem:[Forgive, O Lord] --first line of poem:It takes all sorts --Stopping by woods on a snowy evening --Desert places --Why wait for science --A peck of gold --Etherealizing --Kitty Hawk (early version) --Birches.

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