[Poetry reading at University at Buffalo, February 19, 1972] / James Wright ... [et al.].

Recorded at the Fillmore Room, University at Buffalo on February 19, 1972 at 8 p.m. Recorded on a 7 inch Ampex reel-to-reel tape.

Poetry reading by James Wright, William Matthews, Al Poulin and Robert Hass for the Free School. The introduction was performed by Leslie Fiedler, who also read poetry at the end of the program. John Logan was scheduled to be there, but could not make it, so the performing poets read his poems.

James Wright ... [et al.].

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

1972

Sound recording

PCR142

Disc 1.James Wright reading:The Minneapolis poem --Ars poetica: some recent criticism --On the libreration of women. --William Matthews reading:Scorpio --Letters to the lovelorn column --The penalty for bigamy is two wives --Driving along the Housatonic River alone on a rainy April night --Another beer --The visionary picnic --Going away --My watch. --Al Poulin reading:The front parlor --The first day --Snow storm --The cry of frogs rings the island --We are infested with light --Totem --Easter Sunday. --Robert Hass reading:The essence of seasons in repetition. --Disc 2.The essence of seasons in repetition (continued) --The politics of a pornographer --Remembering spring at Stinson Beach --Afternoon cooking in the fall sun --Letter --Concerning the after life, the Indians of Central California had only the dimmest notions --Winter solstice, for the birth of John Lucas. --poetry of John Logan:Three moves /Robert Hass reading --Bird on a rock --Three poems on Mars --Spirit bird --Graves' paintings --Moor swan /Leslie Fiedler reading --Dawn and a woman /A. Poulin reading --The picnic /William Matthews reading --A trip to four or five towns /James Wright reading.

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