[Lecture at Beloit College, June 30, 1970] / Robert Creeley.

Recorded at Beloit College in Wisconsin on June 30, 1970 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach for the Poetry Collection.

Poet is introduced by an unnamed representative of Beloit College. Creeley gives a talk he titles: Poetry and magic: a personal note. Creeley talks about poetry in support of his recently published A quick graph: collected notes and essays. He focuses on poetics and the psychological, political and social aspects of poetry. He discusses Charles Olson who read at the College, two years prior.

Robert Creeley.

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

1970

Sound recording

INT004A

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