[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, November 17, 1969] / William Stafford.

Recorded at the Norton Conference Theatre at the University at Buffalo on November 17, 1969 at 3 p.m. by the Poetry Collection on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

Following a brief introduction by an unnamed man, American poet and pacifist William Stafford performs a traditional poetry reading with selections from Allegiances and The rescued year. The reading was sponsored by the Department of English and the Literature and Drama Committee of Norton Union.

William Stafford.

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

1969

Sound recording

PCR305

from Allegiances:Flowers at an airport.from Traveling through the dark:Thinking for Berky.from The rescued year:Strokes.from Stories that could be true:At the un-national monument along the Canadian border.from The rescued year: Aunt Mabel.from Stories that could be true:In the night desert --Religion back home --Soft answers --Passing remark --You Walter Cronkite --A star in the hills --Bess --A sound from the earth --Judgments --Fifteen --A walk in the country --A message from the wanderer.

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