[Lecture and reading at the University at Buffalo, June 19, 1973] / Ted Enslin.

Recorded at the University at Buffalo on June 19, 1973 on a 90 minute Sony sound cassette. Recorded by Allen De Loach and acquired by the Poetry Collection.

Poet Ted Enslin presents a lecture titled: "The function of the long poem" dealing with the creation of poetry. He reads a few of his own poems, but the breaks between the lecture and the poems are sometimes difficult to discern. The lecture ends with a question and answer session.

Ted Enslin.

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

1973

Sound recording

INT106

The function of the long poem --first line of poem:[If it's the way of the world to sell our ideas, we have to accept what we find without necessarily approving the process] --first line of poem:[Wavelength] --first line of poem:[They are known and they are the gift].

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

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