[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, March 17, 1969] / Michael Hamburger.

Recorded in 231 Norton at the State University of New York at Buffalo on March 17, 1969 on two 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tapes.

Poet Michael Hamburger reads to the University community. "Well, I'm going to begin with a poem about a poetry reading," Hamburger said, "to get rid of all the negative things about poetry readings which I feel, because I've been thinking a lot about poetry readings, after attending a good many of them, and I'm certainly one of the poets who writes to be read, rather than to be listened to, and this is a poem called 'In Philistia.' Hamburger provides commentary throughout the reading. Introduction by Max Wickert.

Michael Hamburger.

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

1969

Sound recording

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In Philistia --A poet's progress --Blind man --Conformist --Old poacher --The road -- The search --Scenario --For no one --At fifty-five --Mad lover, dead lady --Teesdale --In Massachusetts (I) --Travelling I --Brass band in the park, South London --S-Bahn.

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