[Poetry reading at the Lockwood Memorial Library, University at Buffalo, February 5, 1965 / Kenneth Koch.

Recorded at the Lockwood Memorial Library at the University at Buffalo on February 5, 1965 on a 7 inch Sarkes reel-to-reel tape.

Kenneth Koch read poems and three short plays: "The return of the yellowmay," "The revolt of the giant animals," and "The building of Florence." Before reading the plays, Koch said that the costumes and sets by the painter Red Grooms for the American Theatre for Poets in New York production of the earlier play "Guinevere, or the death of the kangaroo" had inspired him to write the three sequels. Koch also mentioned that the title for the poem "Aus Einer Kindheit" (Scenes from a Childhood) came from Rilke, "but nothing else."

Kenneth Koch.

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

1965

Sound recording

PCR177

Taking a walk with you --Spring --Aus einer kindheit --I am Argentina (uncollected) --Poem (uncollected) --The return of the yellowmay --The revolt of the giant animals --The building of Florence --Seine --Hearing.

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