[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, December 4, 1968] / Louis Simpson.

Recorded at the Haas Lounge at the University at Buffalo on December 4, 1968 by the Poetry Collection on a 7 inch Scotch reel to reel.

Following an introduction by William Sylvester, American poet Louis Simpson performs his poetry. Simpson reads from At the end of the open road and Adventures of the letter I. A question and answer session follows at the end.

Louis Simpson.

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

1968

Sound recording

PCR297

from At the end of the open road:In California --In the suburbs --On the eve --Walt Whitman at Bear Mountain. --from Selected poems:After midnight. --from At the end of the open road:Birch. --from Selected poems:Outward. --from Adventures of the letter I:Indian country --Ballad of another Ophelia --Dvonya --A son of the Romanovs --A friend of the family. --from At the end of the open road:American poetry. --from Adventures of the letter I:Yen yu --Trasimeno --Simplicity --The inner part --Love and poetry.

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