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Babette Deutsch

Reading in the Coolidge Auditorium, October 9, 1961, Library of Congress

"Ms. Deutsch reads twenty poems from her collected volume, Coming of age: new and selected poems. In addition, she reads the following individual poems: Space man, The disenchanted, Admonition, and A view of the Piazza di San Marco." - Library of Congress Catalog

Complete recording, Part 1 (36:36): MP3
Complete recording, Part 2 (26:46): MP3

  1. Feeding the Chickens (2:16): MP3
  2. Then and Now (2:42): MP3
  3. Heard in Old Age (1:50): MP3
  4. Ape (1:29): MP3
  5. Young Gazelle (1:07): MP3
  6. Lioness Asleep (1:22): MP3
  7. Truro Hour (1:46): MP3
  8. Earliness at the Cape (2:35): MP3
  9. The Dispassionate Shepherds (2:16): MP3
  10. Natural Law (0:55): MP3
  11. Homage to Paul Klee (2:11): MP3
  12. Disasters of War: Goya at the Museum (2:31): MP3
  13. Damnation (1:04): MP3
  14. Small Colored Boy in the Subway (1:55): MP3
  15. Homage to John Skelton (7:28): MP3
  16. Moving (2:29): MP3
  17. Fountain and Unicorn (3:02): MP3
  18. Death of a Dog (2:04): MP3
  19. History (1:29): MP3
  20. Wine Party (1:41): MP3
  21. Space Man (0:46): MP3
  22. The Disenchanted (1:45): MP3
  23. Admonition (1:58): MP3
  24. A View of the Piazza di San Marco (5:29): MP3
  25. The Poem (3:40): MP3

Recording courtesy of Library of Congress

Reading in the Recording Laboratory, June 9, 1969, Library of Congress

Partial recording (27:44): MP3

  1. Untitled (I Knew) (1:10): MP3
  2. Feeding the Chickens (1:59): MP3
  3. Small Colored Boy in the Subway (1:29): MP3
  4. Scarecrow (1:10): MP3
  5. Reflections in a Little Park (0:56): MP3
  6. Damnation (1:04): MP3
  7. Lizard at Pompeii (0:56): MP3
  8. A View of the Piazza di San Marco (5:26): MP3
  9. Earliness at the Cape (2:13): MP3
  10. Wine Party (1:41): MP3
  11. July Day (1:34): MP3
  12. A Day in Late August (1:17): MP3
  13. Fountain and Unicorn (2:27): MP3

Recording courtesy of Library of Congress


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