[Poetry reading and lecture at the University at Buffalo, October 27, 1988] / Steve Benson.

Recorded at the University at Buffalo on October 27, 1988 on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette.

Following an introduction by Michael Boughn, poet Steve Benson lectures, discusses taped recordings of his improvised performances. Benson performs over Beethoven's 6th symphony. He reads selections from Blindspots. A question and answer session is conducted for the last twenty minutes of the recording.

Steve Benson.

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

1988

Sound recording

PCR009

The books that I put up there [tape recording] --Consciousness is --I have a locomotive [tape recorded excerpt from Blindspots] --Each of us individuals --Today in this contemporary life I no longer think it is viable [spoken over Beethoven's 6th symphony] --It seemed to me I could do my mind no greater favor [Michel de Montaigne's work] --Noise is to talk when bringing --To maintain his authority the better.

Hear@Buffalo: The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

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