[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, April 21, 1969] / Diane Wakoski.

Recorded at the Norton Conference Theatre, University at Buffalo on April 21, 1969 at 3 p.m. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

Poet Diane Wakoski reads her poetry in a noisy University at Buffalo room and is interupted often by a public announcements speaker. Wakoski reads her poems about George Washington and Ludwig von Beethoven. She also provides an anecdote from her teaching. She recalls how the poem "An apology" was inspired by criticizing a student's poetry by saying it was an imitation of Robert Creeley's because he had been one of Creeley's students.

Diane Wakoski.

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

1969

Sound recording

PCR336

Sestina from the home gardener --George Washington writes home about harvesting his hemp --Patriotic poem (for J. Edgar Hoover) --Follow that stagecoach --Rescue poem --Sometimes even my knees smile --In gratitude to Beethoven --Love letter postmarked by Beethoven --Ringless --Sun --An apology --The magellanic clouds (for Eleanor who likes to see her name in print) --Love passes beyond the hawk of incredible innocence.

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