[Poetry reading at the Writers Forum at State University of New York at Brockport, November 19, 1975] / James Laughlin.

Recorded at the Writers Forum at State University of New York at Brockport on November 19, 1975 by Allen De Loach on two 60 minute 3M sound cassettes. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.

James Laughlin began by discussing New Directions Publishing and Ezra Pound. He then read his own poetry and concluded by answering questions from the audience.

James Laughlin.

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

1975

Sound recording

INT048

The pig --Technical notes --Easter in Pittsburgh --The mountain afterglow --The summons --Old Dr God --When does the play begin? --Patent pending (early version) --A modest proposal --Step on his head --The trout --Prognosis --He lives in a box --A bad night on third avenue --The cave --Your love --Fragments from America I love you (early version) --Rome: In the caf?? --How can you escape --The ship --Ars gratia artis --first line of poem:[O gold gods who arose] --What the animals did --Song --The full life --The kind --Tesoro --Credere! --Giacomino! --Tonerai? --It does me good --The last poem to be written.

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