[Poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, July 3, 1979] / William Stafford and Raymond Patterson.

Recorded at the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo on July 3, 1979 by the Poetry Collection on a Maxell sound cassette.

No introduction recorded for American poet Raymond Patterson, who performs his poetry. Poet William Stafford follows Patterson and performs works from Stories that could be true.

William Stafford and Raymond Patterson.

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

1979

Sound recording

PCR306

Raymond Patterson reading:Performance --Words --For K.L. --Of teaching the animals to talk --Those days --What of the man --Snow --The lost kite --In Plato's bed /Raymond Patterson --Long Island --At that moment. --William Stafford reading from Stories that could be true:Always --Passport --Confessor --A catechism --The little girl at the fence by school --Ask me --Flesh --Looking across the river --Another old guitar --'One time when eveneing --Our kind --The farm on the great plain --Witness.

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