[Recording] / Merrit Clifton, Charles Fishman.
Recorded by Clifton and Fishman on a 60 minute sound cassette in the 1970s.
Clifton and Fishman sent this recording of talk and poetry to each other as a means of communication.
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[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, May 1963] / Barbara Howes.
Recorded at the YM-YWHA (92nd Street Y) in New York City for McGraw-Hill Sound Seminar series on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape. Digital reproduction for educational purposes only.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Howes is introduced by her husband and poet William Jay Smith.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, March 1968] / Loren Eisely.
Reading and discussion held at the YM-YWHA.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, November 1966] / Louis Untermeyer.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Untermeyer is introduced by David McCord.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, March 1964] / John Hall Wheelock.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, February 1967] / Daryl Hine.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, November 1965] / Michael Goldman.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Goldman is introduced by Cynthia Ozick.
[Poetry reading, June 1989] / Victor Hern?
Recorded on a 60 minute Maxell sound cassette in June 1989.
[Reading, Buffalo, N.Y., March 22, 1989] / Ted Pelton, Lisa Sheffield.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette March 22, 1989.
Fiction reading by Ted Pelton and Lisa Sheffield.
[Reading, Allentown Community Center, Buffalo, N.Y., July 8, 1988] / Alan Bigelow, Thomas Kennedy.
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette July 8, 1988 at the Allentown Community Center.
Fiction reading by Alan Bigelow and Thomas Kennedy.
[Interview and poetry reading] / Spike Hawkins, Jonathan Williams.
Recorded by Jonathan Williams on March 21, 1966 at Beford, England on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams. Williams records Hawkins reading poetry and then interviews him.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, March 1964] / Isabella Gardner.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Gardner is introduced by John Hall Wheelock.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, May 1968] / Richard Geller.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Geller is introduced by Robert Hazel.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, April 1964] / Kathleen Fraser.
[Discussion of Charles Olson and reading] / Vincent Ferrini, Peter Anastas, George Butterick.
Recorded by George Butterick on a 7 inch Lafayette reel-to-reel tape possibly in the 1970's
Recording of a discussion on Charles Olson and reading by Vincent Ferrini and Peter Anastas.
Vincent Ferrini, Peter Anastas, George Butterick.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, October 1965] / Winfield Townley Scott.
[Reading at Buffalo, N.Y., October, 28, 1995] / Gale Jackson and Lucille Clifton.
Recorded for the Lannon Foundation on October 28, 1995 on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.
Breakfast reading and lecture on writing by Gale Jackson and Lucille Clifton.
[Poetry reading, Buffalo, N.Y.] / Peter Levitt.
Recorded on a 60 minute TDK sound cassette on October 19 during the 1990s, but the exact year is unknown.
[Interview] / Marty Campbell ... [et al.]
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette June 26, July 2, 9, and 16, 1990.
Recording of Mary Van Vorst's interviews with Marty Campbell, Jackson Mac Low, Kimiko Hahn, Catherine Texier on WBFO's Spoken Arts Radio Program.
Recording made by Jonathan Williams in the 1960s on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams.
Recording made by Jonathan Williams with Basil Bunting possibly in the 1966 on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams. Discs feature Basil Bunting reading from Briggflatts.
[Poetry reading, June 1, 1995] / Victor Hern?
Recorded on a 60 minute Maxell sound cassette in June 1, 1995.
This recording of Thomas Meyer reading is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, November 16, 1970] / Lee Harwood.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo on November 16, 1970 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
Recorded on a sound cassette in the 1980's.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, December 1967] / Isabella Gardner.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Gardner is introduced by Frank MacShane.
[Poetry reading, May 17, 1989] / Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Roberto Bedoya.
Recorded in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 17, 1989 on a two 60 minute Maxell sound cassette.
Reading by Bobbie Louise Hawkins and Roberto Bedoya.
[Poetry reading] / Anselm Hollo, John Wain.
Recording made by Jonathan Williams on June 15, 1973 on a 5 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording of Anselm Hollo being interviewed and reading poetry is part of the Jargon Society recordings made by Jonathan Williams. On disc 2, John Wain reads poetry.
[Poetry reading, May 1, 1989] / Mac Hammond.
Recorded on a 60 minute Maxell sound cassette in May 1, 1989.
Recording of a poetry reading by Mac Hammond.
[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, January 1967] / Stanley Moss.
Poetry reading held at the YM-YWHA. Moss is introduced by Stanley Kunitz.
[Poetry reading, Alfred College, Alfred, N.Y.] / Ed Dorn.
Recorded by George Butterick on a 90 minute 3M sound cassette in possibly in the 1970s at Alfred College in Alfred, N.Y.
[Poetry reading] / Noelle Oxenhandler ... [et al.]
Recorded on a 90 minute Maxell sound cassette in the 1990s.
Poetry reading by Noelle Oxenhandler, Zena Collier, Paul Hogan, Ann Goldsmith.
[Program on John Montague] / Derek Mahon.
Recording begins with Montague reading The Trout. Remainder of recording is a critical look at the Irish poet by Derek Mahon.
[Interview, Nico Kiasashvili, October 28, 1988] / Emily Tall.
Recorded on October 28, 1988 on a 120 minute sound cassette.
[Interview with Allen Ginsberg on WGBH radio, Boston, MA, March 1, 1975] / Eleanor Stout.
Interview recorded in Boston, Mass. for WGBH radio on March 1, 1975. Digitization made from a 90 minute sound cassette.
Poet Allen Ginsberg is interviewed by Eleanor Stout.
[Interview with Allen Ginsberg, November 10, 1989] /
Interview recorded on a 90 minute sound cassette.
Poet Allen Ginsberg is interviewed by an unidentified man.
[Reading from Concordance with Dali] / Paul Mariah.
Recorded on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1968 in San Francisco.
Mariah reads from his first drafts of Concordance with Dali.
Recorded on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1968 in San Francisco.
Simon reads selected poetry and fiction.
[Reading of work Indiana] / Clayton Eshleman.
[Reading of work Some cows] / James Koller.
Koller reads from his poetry book Some cows.
[Poetry reading and discussion] / Tom Clark, Joanne Kyger.
Tom Clark and Joanne Kyger discuss and read selected poetry.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1970 in San Francisco, California.
[Reading from The cat and the blackbird] / Robert Duncan.
Robert Duncan reads from his work The cat and the blackbird.
[Reading from Roots and branches] / Robert Duncan.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in between 19959 and 1969] in San Francisco.
Robert Duncan reads from his work Roots and branches.
[Reading of Revolutionary letters] / Diane Di Prima.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1965 in San Francisco.
Di Prima reads from Revolutionary letters.
[James Joyce discussion in Russian] / [recorded by Emily Tall].
Emily Tall recorded this program in Russian on James Joyce.
Recorded by Helen Adam on a sound cassette, possibly in the 1970s.
Recording of Helen Adam reading from San Francisco's burning.
[Student poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, May 5, 1982] /
Recorded at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo on May 5, 1982 on a Sony 90 min. sound cassette.
Student reading by recipients of the Academy of American Poets Award, the Scribblers Award and the Arthur Brockway Award. Readers include: Steve Griffiths, Paul Hogan, Michael Terpin, Elle Slopinski.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred on January 5, 1969 in San Francisco.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco.
Joanne Kyger reads her work Descartes with electronic music in the background performed by Richard Felciano.
[Student poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, April 23, 1980] /
Recorded at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo on April 23, 1980 on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
Student reading by recipients of the Academy of American Poets Award, the Scribblers Award and the Arthur Brockway Award. The sound quality of the recording is very poor, rendering it almost inaudible.
[Student poetry reading at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, April 30, 1981] /
Recorded at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo on April 30, 1981 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Student reading by recipients of the Academy of American Poets Award, the Scribblers Award and the Arthur Brockway Award. Readers include: Ken Pearson, Kathy McGoldrick, [Janis Greeb], and Larry Roswell.
[Interview, October 23, 1980] / Basil King
Recorded by George Butterick on a two 60 minute Concertape sound cassette on October 23, 1980.
Recording of an interview with Basil King conducted by George Butterick.
[Interview, April 8, 1976] / Dan Rice, Mary Harris
Recorded by George Butterick on a two 90 minute Scotch cassettes on April 8, 1976.
Recording of an interview with Dan Rice and Mary Harris conducted by George Butterick.
[Interviews] / Alice Notley and Rachel De Vries.
Recorded in Buffalo, N.Y. on June 14, 1987 and January 24, 1988 on Spoken Arts Radio. Paul Hogan donated a copy of the recording made on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.
Interview with Alice Notley and Rachel DeVries.
[Reading from Homecoming] / Sonia Sanchez.
Recorded on a sound cassette and published by Broadside Press in Detroit, Michigan in 1969.
Recording of Sonia Sanchez reading from her book Homecoming.
[Reading from We a bad people] / Sonia Sanchez.
Recording of Sonia Sanchez reading from her book We a bad people.
[Reading from We walk the way of the new world] / Don L. Lee.
Recorded on a sound cassette and published by Broadside Press in Detroit, Michigan in 1970.
Recording of Don L. Lee reading from his book We walk the way of the new world.
[Reading from Don't cry, scream] / Don L. Lee.
Recording of Don L. Lee reading from his book Don't cry, scream.
[Reading from Re:Creation] / Nikki Giovanni.
Recording of Nikki Giovanni reading from her book Re:Creation.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in October 1968 in Vancouver, Canada.
[Reading from The dogs and other dark woods / James Koller.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco, California.
James Koller reads from his work The dogs and other dark woods.
[Reading from The daybook] / Ruth Weiss.
Recorded on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1969 in San Francisco, California.
Ruth Weiss reads from her work The daybook with musical background by Benfaral Matthews on bass.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in May 30, 1968 in San Francisco, California.
Charlie Potts reads a selection of his poetry.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1970 in San Francisco.
Diane Wakoski reads from her poetry at Intersection in San Francisco.
[Poetry reading of Just Buffalo Writers in Residence, March 28, 1989] / Penelope Prentice ... [et al.].
Recorded on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette March 28, 1989 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording of a poetry reading by Penelope Prentice, Ansie Baird, Francine Witte and Steve McCabe. Disc 2 features an unrelated radio interview.
[Poetry reading, December 1, 1989] / William Sylvester, Lisa Jarnot.
Recorded on December 1, 1989 on a sound cassette.
Poets William Sylvester and Lisa Jarnot read their poetry.
[Reading of The song of Jack Eagle Slave] / Tom Veitch and Lewis MacAdams.
Recording of Tom Veitch and Lewis MacAdams read The song of Jack Eagle Slave.
Tim Reynolds reads an assortment of poems.
Recorded on a 5 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred on April 25, 1970 in San Francisco.
Andrea Wyatt reads from her work Three rooms.
[Reading of Dreaming as one] / Lewis Warsh.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. This is a recording of the original Tenth Muse published recording which occurred in 1971 in San Francisco.
[Reading of All gods must learn to kill] / Douglas Blazek.
Douglas Blazek reads from All gods must learn to kill.
[Poetry reading from Evergreen Review, San Francisco poets, v.1, no.2] / Lawrence Ferlinghetti ... [et al.]
Recorded on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach from the original recording published by Evergreen Records as EVR-1.
Recording of the Evergreen Review, San Francisco poets, v.1, no.2 (1957) poetry reading. Readers include: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Josephine Miles, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, James Broughton, Kenneth Rexroth, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg. The disc ends with De Loach's re-recordings of Allen Ginsberg, Bob Cobbing and Tom Raworth.
[Poetry reading, Allentown Community Center] / Ray Bremser, Mikhail Horowitz.
Recorded on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach at the Allentown Community Center on November 7, 1979 and November 9, 1979.
Recording of poetry reading by Ray Bremser and Mikhail Horowitz. The sound quality is very poor. Allen De Loach provides the introduction. The recording ends with an unidentified woman reading.
[Lectures at the Charles Olson Memorial Lectures, the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, March 23, 25, 27, 1987] / Robin Blaser.
Recorded at the Charles Olson Memorial Lectures at the University at Buffalo on March 23, 25, 27, 1987 on three 90 minute Maxell sound cassettes.
This recording is of the three lectures given by Robin Blaser at the Charles Olson Memorial Lectures. The first and second lectures feature introductions by Robert Creeley
however, the second lecture was not completely recorded. The third lecture is introduced by Robert J. Bertholf. Blaser discusses the poetry of Charles Olson, poetics, American poetry and lyricism.
[Program on war March 18, 1958] / Anthony Ostroff, Robert Beloof, Robert Horan.
Recorded on March 18, 1958 on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
The program features Anthony Ostroff, Robert Beloof and Robert Horan discussing American poetry and the topic of war.
Anthony Ostroff, Robert Beloof, Robert Horan.
[Lecture and reading, June 15 ,1973] / Allen Ginsberg.
Performance thought to have been recorded at the University at Buffalo on June 15, 1973 on a 120 minute Tracs sound cassette. Recorded by Allen De Loach for the Poetry Collection.
Poet Allen Ginsberg sings and lectures about aboriginal music, blues improvisations and blues music, meditation and poetry. Ginsberg and his friend and fellow poet Ted Enslin read several traditional folk poems together.
[Programs on women poets and Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, 1958] / Miriam Ostroff, Winifred Mann and John Edwards.
Recorded on June 15, 1958 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
The first program features a program focusing on women poets as a point of discussion between Miriam Ostroff and Winifred Mann. The second program features John Edwards discussing the writing of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman.
Miriam Ostroff, Winifred Mann and John Edwards.
[Lecture at University of California at Berkeley, February 19, 1969] / Anthony Ostroff.
Recorded on February 19, 1969 at the University of California at Berkeley on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Lecture by Anthony Ostroff on the topic of poetry and the world at war. He is introduced by Robert Beloof. He reads poetry by Sappho, W.B. Yeats, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Wilfred Owen, Stephen Spender and Randell Jarrell.
Recorded in Albuquerque 1967 on a 7 inch Sunset reel-to-reel tape by Allen De Loach.
Recording of interview with Stan Brakhage conducted by [Richard Konesh?].
[Lecture, May 25, 1982] / David Levi Strauss.
Recorded at the 544 Natoma Gallery, San Francisco, California on May 25, 1982 on a 90 minute TDK sound cassette.
Recording of David Levi Strauss giving a lecture on modern poetry.
Recorded possibly in 1960 from the original source on a 7 inch Ampex reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of a program on Dylan Thomas featuring discussion of his life and his poetry. Included is an interview with the Florence Thomas, the mother of Dylan Thomas by [Thomas D. Edwards?]. Sound quality of the recording is poor and was most likely recorded from a radio broadcast, but all details surrounding the specifics of the recording are unavailable.
Recorded on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape by Robert Bertholf possibly in Kent, Ohio in 1972.
Spirited poetry reading by Robert Creeley. Creeley is introduced by an unidentified woman who interacts with Creeley throughout the introduction. Creeley reads several of the poems more than once (Dear Dorothy, twice
[San Francisco Mime Troupe benefit reading, April 1, 1967] /
Recorded at the University at Buffalo on April 1, 1967 from two 90 minute Scotch sound cassettes.
Recording of a poetry program featuring University at Buffalo professors (Robert Creeley, Mac Hammond, Leslie Fiedler, John Wieners) and graduate students (Allen De Loach).
[Poetry reading at the University of California, Berkeley, May 8, 1958] / Robert Frost.
Recorded at the University of California, Berkeley on May 8, 1958 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. Recording donated to the Poetry Collection by Anthony Ostroff, who possibly recorded the reading.
Poetry reading by Robert Frost. He began the reading by saying: "I speak to you as a native son and an alumnus." Frost discusses poetry and life with the enthusiastic audience.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 4, 1963] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at the recital room in Baird Hall at the University at Buffalo on October 4, 1963 on 7 inch Sarkes reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of Charles Olson reading from Books IV, V, VI of The Maximus poems. Olson plays a recording of himself reading "To Gerhardt, there, among Europe's things of which he has written us in his 'Brief an Creeley und Olson.'" He concludes by reading "The death of Europe." Olson is introduced by Oscar Silverman.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 9, 1967] / Tibor Tollas, with John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass reading in translation.
Recorded at the University at Buffalo, October 9, 1967 by Allen De Loach for the Poetry Collection on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Recording of Tibor Tollas reading at the University at Buffalo. Reading features performances of Tollas' Hungarian poems in translation by John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass. John Logan and Joseph [Hurtavi] introduced Tollas.
Tibor Tollas, with John Logan, John Knoepfle and Robert Hass reading in translation.
[Lecture and poetry reading at SUNY Cortland, October 20, 1967] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, N.Y. on October 20, 1967 on a 7 inch Agfa Magneton reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of a lecture and poetry reading by Charles Olson, held at SUNY Cortland on October 20, 1967, as part of a convocation attended by poets from throughout the SUNY system, including John Wieners. Transcriptions of the recording have been made by George F. Butterick, who published his version in Muthologos: the collected lectures and interviews (1979), and by Ralph Maud, who published his version in the fourth issue of Minutes of the Charles Olson Society (1994). Olson was introduced by Sherry Moore.
[Poetry reading by Charles Olson at Goddard College, April 12, 1962] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 12, 1962 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of a reading by Charles Olson, held at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 12, 1962. Olson reads selections from The Maximus poems, plus three short poems ("The Librarian," "Moonset, Gloucester, December 1, 1957, 1:58 AM," and "The distances"). He answers questions from the audience throughout the reading. Complementary to this recording (CUR020) is the lecture on Herman Melville that Olson delivered at Goddard two nights later (CUR021).
[Lecture on Herman Melville at Goddard College, April 14, 1962] / Charles Olson.
Recorded at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. on April 14, 1962 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
Charles Olson's lecture on Herman Melville held at Goddard College in 1962. Olson reads from the essays "A house built by Capt. John Somes 1763" and "Equal, that is, to the real itself," the poem "Letter for Melville 1951," and the prologue to Call me Ishmael (1947). Olson also read the short prose piece "Omnia mea mecum porto" by Gino Clays, which was published in the March 19, 1962 issue of Clays' magazine A pamphlet. Complementary to this lecture (CUR021) is the reading that Olson gave at Goddard two nights prior (CUR020).
[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.
[Poetry reading, August 15, 1972] / David Meltzer.
Recorded in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972 by Allen De Loach on a 60 minute Sound Dynamics cassette tape.
This recording is of a poetry reading by David Meltzer, held in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972. Among the books from which Meltzer reads are Bark, A polemic (1973), Hero/Lil (1973), and Six (1976). The recording was made by Allen De Loach.
[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.
[Poetry reading at the National Poetry Festival, Thomas Jefferson College, June 16, 1973] / Allen Ginsberg.
Recorded at the National Poetry Festival at Thomas Jefferson College in Allendale, Michigan on June 16, 1973 by Allen De Loach on a 120 Tracs sound cassette. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
Allen Ginsberg's poetry reading was part of the National Poetry Festival which ran from June 14 to 24. Ginsberg mostly sang and read poems that would be published in First blues (1975) and Mind breaths: poems 1971-76 (1978), plus Mock-sestina: the conspiracy against Dr. Timothy Leary, which was only published as a broadside (May 1973) by Rallying Point Magazine. Ginsberg concluded by chanting a version of the "Mantra for purification of speech" that was interchanged with Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu. The man who introduced Ginsberg is unidentified.
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 20, 1970] / Edward Dorn.
Recorded in the Fillmore Room at the University at Buffalo on October 20, 1970 at 8 p.m. on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.
The recording begins in medias res at the twenty-seventh line of the section of Gunslinger (1975) titled "The cycle", which includes "The interior decorator runs the scenario of the wing?
[Reading at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York, March 28 1980] / Fielding Dawson.
Recorded at the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo, New York on March 28, 1980 on a 7 inch reel-to-reel tape.
This recording is of WBFO's broadcast of a reading by Fielding Dawson, held in the Allentown Community Center in Buffalo. The reading is introduced by Maureen Muncaster, the host from WBFO radio. Dawson said: "I want to read some very, very new things and then a piece that's actually pretty early, that I happened to reread recently, and that really almost knocked me out, as a matter of fact ... but the prose that I'll be reading this evening has not been read to an audience yet."
[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 22, 1968] / Stuart Montgomery, Tom Pickard.
Recorded at the State University of New York at Buffalo on October 22, 1968 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.
Stuart Montgomery opens the event by reading an early version of the long poem "Circe" (1969) and a selection of short poems. Tom Pickard reads short poems that come from High on the walls (1967) and The order of chance (1971). In addition to reading their own poetry, Montgomery and Pickard read several poems by Pete Brown, Spike Hawkins, and Basil Bunting.