[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 20, 1967] / Vern Rutsala.

Recorded at Diefendorf, room 146, University at Buffalo on Friday, October 20, 1967 at 4 p.m. on two 7 inch reel-to-reel tapes.

Vern Rutsala is introduced by Kenneth Gay. Rutsala performs his poetry and provides background on his writing process. He reads from The window and other works.

Vern Rutsala.

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

1967

Sound recording

PCR285

from The window:The institution --The spare room --The fat man --The improvement --Sunday. --Late October --Golf --Oh Tanenbaum --first line of poem:The knives on the table are there for a purpose. --Quiet streets --Rooms --News --Past twelve --Living --November in the city of roses --Caged --An answer.

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