[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, December 4, 1968] / Louis Simpson.

Recorded at the Haas Lounge, Norton Union, University at Buffalo on December 4, 1968 by Allen De Loach on 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

Louis Simpson reads poems to the University audience which were published in: At the end of the open road (1963). He reads poems chronicling his time living in California. Simpson conludes the reading by answering questions from the audience about the state of contemporary American poetry and society. He talks of his hope that he has crafted poems which transcend time and are relevant to future generations. He also shares a conversation he had with John Logan about the art of creating poetry and the subsequent publishing of it. Simpson openly states that (for example) Allen Ginsberg's constant exposure to the public would destroy him and his ability to create in a week. Albert Cook introduces Simpson after an anecdotal discussion of Simpson, Tom Clark and Allen Ginsberg. Recording ends abruptly.

Louis Simpson.

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

1968

Sound recording

INT130A

In California --In the suburbs --On the eve --Walt Whitman at Bear Mountain --After midnight --Birch --Outward --Indian country --Ballad of another Ophelia --Dvonya --A son of the Romanovs --A friend of the family --American poetry --Yen yu --Trasimeno --Simplicity --The inner part --Love and poetry.

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