[Poetry reading at Mills College, Spring 1968] / Paul Blackburn ... [et al.].

Recorded on a 7 inch Shamrock reel-to-reel tape at the Mills College in the Spring of 1968.

Recording of spring poetry reading at Mills College. Featured readers include: Paul Blackburn, George Stanley, Harvey Bialy, Robert Kelly, David Ossman, Jonathan Greene and Michael McClure.

Paul Blackburn ... [et al.].

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1968

Sound recording

PCR376

Paul Blackburn reading:Fire --[reading from December journal] --The request --My sainted --The net of place --The probability. --George Stanley reading:Orion --Nana, nana --A translation for Jeorge --Leopard --Thoughts and feelings. --Disc 2.Rock music --The secretary. --Harvey Bialy reading:Okeanos 2. --Robert Kelly reading:True story --For Timotha. --Disc 3.David Ossman reading:Being for the benefit of Mr. B. --Talisman of the cardinal points --12 suppositions --The day of the dead --Taurus, moon in Pisces --Cancer, moon in Taurus, solstice --Virgo, moon in Virgo, or, Double Virgo --Libra, moon in Leo --Libra, moon in Scorpio, first quarter --Scorpio, moon in Aries --Scorpio, moon in Cancer --Scorpio, moon in Leo --Sagittarius, moon in Leo --Capricorn, moon in Gemini --A slight accident. --Jonathan Greene reading:Definition --The willful magick where exchange was --A provisional measure for our time --Set piece --Letter --Nigredo --Her tale to her admonishers --A palimpsest --As the dancer of our days --The room --Where the blinding sun --Where are the fine lines --Fellowship --Going away --Enough apocalypse. --Disc 4.Michael McClure reading:What can I do when I am blue? --On the street, dogs do it --Scatology --I cried for the otem --But I believe in all things --A hundred elves climbing ladders --We dug the hole --Or seals beside the silver-spanning bridge --Were angels dreaming in our hollow legs --Robert McBurney --The boy with the most comic books in America --Then we saw the geyser --Biting the nails when all else fails --The heap was a WWI air race --Little spinning twisted tinsel --That blows my mind --Flying tigers nestled in secret air bases --How I love the P.I. --And that one where the whole family gathers --What did I see --I wanna go where I was so rare --Perils of Niyoka drove me batty --Joe had our red brick house painted white --Attacks of quarticulated lypdidons.

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