[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, December 9, 1969] / W.S. Merwin.

Recorded at the Norton Conference Theater at the University at Buffalo on December 9, 1969 at 8 p.m. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

Poet W.S. Merwin reads a selection of his prose poems and poems from The moving target, as well as translations of Asian proverbs. At times, the listener can hear the public announcement speaker in operation, which can interfere with Merwin's reading. The poet tries to speak around the announcements. Merwin dedicated this reading to the Vietnam War draft resistors. The reading was sponsored by the Department of English and the UUAB Literature and Drama Committee.

W.S. Merwin.

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

1969

Sound recording

PCR214

A selection of ideograms from Korean and Malaysian proverbs --Make this simple test --The dark sower --My friends --The students of justice --A selection of translated poems from Urdu and Spanish --Stuff from the like --The last one --Dry stone mason --For the anniversary of my death --Avoiding news by the river --The Asian dying --The conqueror --Edouard --The piper --The trail into Kansas --The gardens of Zuni --Homeland --Midnight in early spring --Psalms --September vision --The current --Old flag --Tribesman.

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