Paul Blackburn

Reading at SUNY Cortland, April 1, 1971

Blackburn reads poems from The Nets (1961), The Cities (1967), In. On. Or About The Premises (1968) and The Journals

• Part one (1:00:00): MP3
• Part two (43:57): MP3

(recording courtesy of Bernie Earley, Full Time Lecturer, Department of English, SUNY Cortland)

Reading (presumably in San Francisco, July 1971 — date and location are uncertain)

1. Introduction (1:13): MP3
2. Blackburn's Introductory Comments (1:56): MP3
3. Paris-Toulouse Train (4:26): MP3
4. The Tissues (2:43): MP3
5. Introduction to Peeing All Over the Peninsula (1:58): MP3
6. Peeing All Over the Peninsula (5:26): MP3
7. from the November Journal (8:43): MP3
8. Sunday (1:13): MP3
9. We Definitions (0:17): MP3
10. "Sailboat reflected in the lake" (0:20): MP3
11. Li-Ke-Un (0:12): MP3
12. "Anything you want" (0:18): MP3
13. Along the San Andreas Fault, Along the Santa Fe Trail (for Mike McClusky) (1:14): MP3
14. As It Ends (1:20): MP3
15. The Assassination of President McKinley (3:04): MP3

Complete recording (36:02): MP3

(recording courtesy of Robert Creeley)

Also of Interest:

Robert Kelly discusses Blackburn's dedication to recording poetry (5:30): MP3

(recording courtesy of Steve Evans / The Lipstick of Noise)

• May 12, 2008: "Paul Blackburn: New Author Page Added"

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