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PoemTalk #147, Discussing William Carlos Williams' "By the road to the contagious hospital", feat. Imaad Majeed, Irene Torra Mohedano, and Gabriel Ojeda-Sague

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PoemTalk #30, Discussing William Carlos Williams' "Flowers by the Sea" and "The Red Wheelbarrow," March 28, 2010

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

PoemTalk #1, Discussing William Carlos Williams' poem "Between Walls," December 2, 2007

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Reading at National Poetry Festival, June 14-24, 1973

  • Poetry Workshop: Various Poets; "Translation Workshop"

    • The recordings below were originally compiled and published from Keele University, England, by Dr. Richard Swigg in 1992 and 1993. PennSound gratefully acknowledges the scholarship and editing of Dr. Swigg in making this Williams sound archive available.

      Reading for the National Council of Teachers of English and Columbia University Press Contemporary Poets series. January 9, 1942

      1. The Red Wheelbarrow (0:11): MP3
      2. Tract (2:34): MP3
      3. The Defective Record (0:28): MP3
      4. To a Poor Old Woman (0:27): MP3
      5. A Coronal (0:40): MP3
      6. To Elsie (1:45): MP3
      7. The Wind Increases (0:27): MP3
      8. Classic Scene (0:28): MP3

      Complete recording (7:04): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Reading for The Library of Congress Recording Laboratory. May 5, 1945

      1. Sonnet 1909 (Martin and Katherine) (0:54): MP3
      2. Paterson: The Falls (1:44): MP3
      3. Peace on Earth (0:46): MP3
      4. Postlude (1:01): MP3
      5. Pastoral (When I was younger) (0:41): MP3
      6. Pastoral (The little sparrows) (0:44): MP3
      7. Dawn (0:45): MP3
      8. Portrait of a Woman in Bed (1:12): MP3
      9. Sympathetic Portrait of a Child (0:48): MP3
      10. Spring Strains (1:09): MP3
      11. Dedication for a Plot of Ground (incomplete) (1:34): MP3
      12. Love Song (I lie here thinking of you) (0:35): MP3
      13. Overture to a Dance of Locomotives (1:53): MP3
      14. Complaint (0:42): MP3
      15. The Cold Night (0:42): MP3
      16. Primrose (1:04): MP3
      17. Queen-Anne's-Lace (0:55): MP3
      18. To a Friend Concerning Several Ladies (1:57): MP3
      19. Youth and Beauty (0:27): MP3
      20. The Thinker (0:34): MP3
      21. The Nightingales (0:21): MP3
      22. Widow's Lament in Springtime (0:55): MP3
      23. Light Hearted William (0:31): MP3
      24. Spring and All (1:04): MP3
      25. The Farmer (0:40): MP3
      26. The Eyeglasses (0:52): MP3
      27. Shoot it Jimmy! (0:26): MP3
      28. To Elsie (1:50): MP3
      29. The Red Wheelbarrow (0:15): MP3
      30. Rigamarole (0:57): MP3
      31. It is a Living Coral (1:33): MP3
      32. The Bull (0:51): MP3
      33. The Botticellian Trees (0:46): MP3
      34. Flowers by the Sea (0:32): MP3
      35. The Yachts (2:12): MP3
      36. The Term (0:25): MP3
      37. A Sort of a Song (0:34): MP3
      38. The Dance (In Brueghel's great picture) (0:38): MP3
      39. Burning the Christmas Greens (2:30): MP3
      40. In Sisterly Fashion (0:26): MP3
      41. The World Narrowed to a Point (0:24): MP3
      42. The Hounded Lovers (0:43): MP3
      43. The Cure (0:40): MP3
      44. The Rose (The stillness of the rose) (0:27): MP3
      45. Perfection (0:32): MP3
      46. The Last Turn (0:47): MP3
      47. The Aftermath (0:39): MP3
      48. The Yellow Chimney (0:52): MP3
      49. Raleigh Was Right (0:53):MP3
      50. A Night in June (12:55):MP3

      Complete recording (57:37): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "Flowers by the Sea" are also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Reading at NBC Studios, Washington DC, for the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory. October 18, 1947

      1. The Semblables (1:59): MP3
      2. The Catholic Bells (1:44): MP3
      3. Perpetuum Mobile: The City (3:21): MP3
      4. Paterson II iii: (excerpt) 'Look for the nul' to 'Alone, watching the May moon above the/trees' (2:45): MP3
      5. Paterson I i: (excerpt) 'Paterson lies in the valley under the Passaic falls' to 'after a long flight to his cote' (7:42): MP3
      6. Paterson I iii: (excerpt) 'There is no direction' to 'it drives in among the rocks fitfully' (10:40): MP3

      Complete recording (28:14): MP3

      Reading for a Columbia Records 78 rpm disc in the Series "Pleasure Dome: an audible anthology of modern poetry read by its creators," ed. by Lloyd Frankenberg. May 20, 1949

      1. The Young Housewife (0:35): MP3
      2. The Bull (0:46): MP3
      3. Poem ('As the cat') (0:15): MP3
      4. Lear (1:18): MP3
      5. The Dance ('In Brueghel's great picture') (0:38): MP3
      6. El Hombre (0:10) : MP3

      Complete recording (3:45): MP3

      Reading recorded by Richard Wirtz Emerson, 9 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ. Probably broadcast in Voices, WOSU, Columbus. October 7, 1950

      1. Choral: The Pink Church (3:04): MP3
      2. Portrait of a Lady (0:45): MP3
      3. Tract (2:50): MP3
      4. Pastoral (0:40): MP3
      5. A Poem for Norman Macleod (0:39): MP3
      6. To Waken an Old Lady (0:32): MP3
      7. The Red Wheelbarrow (0:16): MP3
      8. This is Just to Say (0:20): MP3
      9. The Bull (0:56): MP3
      10. Perpetuum Mobile: The City (2:58): MP3
      11. Poem ('As the cat') (0:43): MP3
      12. Danse Russe (0:43): MP3 [text-audio alignment]
      13. The Widow's Lament in Springtime (1:01): MP3
      14. The Dance ('In Brueghel's great picture') (0:40): MP3
      15. Lear (1:26): MP3
      16. Mama (0:27): MP3
      17. New Mexico (0:28): MP3
      18. The Lion (1:20): MP3
      19. St Francis Einstein of the Daffodils (1:41): MP3

      Complete recording (21:27): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Reading and Commentary at UCLA. November 15, 1950

      1. Introduction (1:47): MP3
      2. In Sisterly Fashion (0:34): MP3
      3. The Dance ('In Brueghel's great picture') (0:57): MP3
      4. Franklin Square (0:49): MP3
      5. Raleigh Was Right (1:01): MP3
      6. Commentary (1:15): MP3
      7. At the Faucet of June (1:18): MP3
      8. The Universality of Things (0:54): MP3
      9. Rigamarole (1:14): MP3
      10. To Elsie (2:14): MP3
      11. Spring and All (1:52): MP3
      12. The Pot of Flowers (0:49): MP3
      13. Commentary (3:14): MP3
      14. It is a Living Coral (2:45): MP3
      15. All the Fancy Things (0:37): MP3
      16. Commentary (6:06): MP3
      17. Paterson: The Falls (1:58): MP3
      18. Commentary (3:06): MP3
      19. Poem ('As the cat') (0:27): MP3
      20. Between Walls (0:17): MP3
      21. Conclusion (3:24): MP3

      Complete recording (36:53): MP3

      "Between Walls" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 1.

      Reading and Commentary recorded by Eyvind Earle at his home in Hillview Park Avenue, Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, California. November 16, 1950

      1. In Sisterly Fashion (0:30): MP3
      2. Tract (3:16): MP3
      3. Smell! (1:00): MP3
      4. Flowers by the Sea (0:40): MP3
      5. The Poor (0:53): MP3
      6. To Elsie (2:20): MP3
      7. This is Just to Say (0:39): MP3
      8. Impromptu: The Suckers (4:24): MP3
      9. All the Fancy Things (0:37): MP3
      10. It is a Living Coral (1:47): MP3
      11. Young Sycamore (0:44): MP3
      12. The Cod Head (0:57): MP3
      13. The Bull (1:19): MP3
      14. Poem ('As the cat') (0:17): MP3
      15. Perpetuum Mobile: The City (3:25): MP3
      16. The Widow's Lament in Springtime (1:10): MP3
      17. Arrival (0:20): MP3
      18. Great Mullen (1:17): MP3
      19. Queen-Anne's-Lace (0:54): MP3
      20. Overture to a Dance of Locomotives (incomplete) (0:41): MP3

      Complete recording (27:51): MP3

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Interview on The Mary Margaret McBride Show, WJZ Radio. December 4, 1950

      1. The Red Wheelbarrow (0:08): MP3
      2. A Black Black Cloud (0:07): MP3

      Complete recording (25:03): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Reading and Interview with John W. Gerber, January 13, 1951

      Recorded by John W. Gerber at 9 Ridge Road, Rutherford, New Jersey in June 1950. Broadcast January 13, 1951 by either WNBC or WNYC.

      1. A Black Black Cloud (0:05): MP3
      2. Danse Russe (0:41): MP3
      3. This is Just to Say (0:14): MP3
      4. Ol' Bunk's Band (0:46): MP3
      5. Portrait of a Lady (0:42): MP3
      6. El Hombre (0:13): MP3

      Complete Recording (48:10): MP3

      Speech on presenting the Russell Loines Award for Poetry to John Crowe Ransom, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York. May 25, 1951

      • Complete recording (3:21): MP3

      Reading and Commentary recorded by Kenneth Burke at his home in Andover, NJ. June 21, 1951

      1. The Desert Music (13:09): MP3
      2. The Cod Head (incomplete) (0:55): MP3
      3. Burning the Christmas Greens (2:41): MP3
      4. A Sort of a Song (0:31): MP3
      5. Commentary on A Sort of a Song (): MP3
      6. Paterson I iii (excerpt): 'How Strange you are, you idiot!' to 'his mind drinks of desire' (1:53): MP3
      7. Tract (2:58): MP3
      8. Apres le Bain (0:20): MP3
      9. Spring is Here Again, Sir (1:13): MP3
      10. May 1st Tomorrow (1:15): MP3

      Complete recording (27:18): MP3

      Interview on The Mary Margaret McBride Show, WABC Radio. September 26, 1951

      • A Black Black Cloud (0:07): MP3
      • Complete recording (26:59): MP3

      Reading and Commentary at Harvard University. December 4, 1951

      1. Commentary (1:46): MP3
      2. A Marriage Ritual (1:39): MP3
      3. Burning the Christmas Greens (2:36): MP3
      4. The Visit (3:08): MP3
      5. The Lion (1:15): MP3
      6. Spring and All (2:01): MP3
      7. This is Just to Say (two readings) (1:46): MP3
      8. On Gay Wallpaper (0:45): MP3
      9. Flowers by the Sea (0:51): MP3
      10. To a Poor Old Woman (0:36): MP3
      11. The Yachts (3:02): MP3
      12. History (6:05): MP3
      13. Virtue (1:00): MP3
      14. Smell! (1:05): MP3
      15. Struggle of Wings (incomplete) (2:33): MP3
      16. To Greet a Letter-Carrier (0:20): MP3
      17. At the Bar (0:19): MP3
      18. These (1:37): MP3
      19. Perfection (0:49): MP3
      20. Fertile (0:21): MP3
      21. Chanson (1:30): MP3
      22. Design for November (0:52): MP3
      23. Commentary (2:05): MP3
      24. Picture of a Nude in a Machine Shop (0:52): MP3
      25. The Hurricane (0:26): MP3
      26. Venus Over the Desert (1:07): MP3
      27. The Birth of Venus (4:16): MP3

      Complete recording (45:52): MP3

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Paper read at the symposium "Will the Creative Arts Thrive or Degenerate during the Next Fifty Years?" Niagara Frontier Convocation, University at Buffalo.
      December 7, 1951

      Reading and Commentary at Princeton University. March 19, 1952

      1. Introduction (9:04): MP3
      2. Portrait of a Lady (0:56): MP3
      3. El Hombre (0:27): MP3
      4. Tract (3:19): MP3
      5. Pastoral ('The little sparrow') (1:07): MP3
      6. Smell! (1:05): MP3
      7. Queen-Anne's-Lace (1:27): MP3
      8. Great Mullen (1:40): MP3
      9. Waiting (1:26): MP3
      10. The Hunter (0:35): MP3
      11. Arrival (0:26): MP3
      12. The Widow's Lament in Springtime (1:07): MP3
      13. Commentary (1:40): MP3
      14. To Elsie (2:16): MP3
      15. The Red Wheelbarrow (1:42): MP3
      16. This is Just to Say (0:46): MP3
      17. Poem ('As the cat') (1:47): MP3
      18. Flowers by the Sea (0:53): MP3
      19. To a Poor Old Woman (0:30): MP3
      20. The Catholic Bells (1:46): MP3
      21. The Sea-Elephant (1:52): MP3
      22. Commentary (1:39): MP3
      23. A Unison (2:42): MP3
      24. Commentary (1:50): MP3
      25. The Desert Music (15:33): MP3

      Complete recording (58:43): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "Flowers by the Sea" are also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      At the Conference of the Indiana College English Association, Hanover College, Indiana. May 16, 1952

      Morning Address

      1. Smell! (1:18): MP3
      2. Paterson II iii (excerpt): "Look for the nul" to "endless and indestructible": (3:28): MP3

      Complete Morning Address - Lecture, Reading, Commentary (35:06): MP3

      Evening Address

      1. Portent (0:55): MP3
      2. The Botticellian Trees (1:34): MP3
      3. Flowers by the Sea (1:00): MP3
      4. Commentary (1:45): MP3
      5. To a Mexican Pig- Bank (two readings) (1:37): MP3
      6. To a Poor Old Woman (1:18): MP3
      7. Pastoral ('When I was younger') (1:22): MP3
      8. To Elsie (2:56): MP3
      9. On Gay Wallpaper (1:39): MP3

      Complete Evening Address - Reading and Commentary (18:04): MP3

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      [new] June 14, 1952 at Brandies, via Woodbery Poetry Room, Harvard.

      Reading and Commentary at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA Poetry Center, New York. January 27, 1954

      1. A Sort of Song (0:50): MP3
      2. Burning the Christmas Greens (3:51): MP3
      3. A Vision of Labor: 1931 (3:54): MP3
      4. The Yellow Chimney (0:54): MP3
      5. Franklin Square (two readings) (1:46): MP3
      6. Labrador (1:11): MP3
      7. The Apparition (1:10): MP3
      8. The Maneuver (0:31): MP3
      9. The Horse (0:44): MP3
      10. The Act (1:10): MP3
      11. Seafarer (1:16): MP3
      12. The Three Graces (1:13): MP3
      13. Commentary (1:51): MP3
      14. Paterson: Episode 17 (6:18): MP3
      15. Commentary (1:44): MP3
      16. Ol' Bunk's Band (1:26): MP3
      17. A Unison (3:13): MP3
      18. The Descent (2:30): MP3
      19. The Yellow Flower (5:02): MP3
      20. The Host (5:06): MP3
      21. Spring and All (1:50): MP3
      22. The Orchestra (4:21): MP3
      23. Between Walls (0:38): MP3
      24. On Gay Wallpaper (1:45): MP3
      25. Fish (6:05): MP3

      Complete reading (1:15:46): MP3

      "Between Walls" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 1.

      Interview on The Mary Margaret McBride Show, WABC Radio. March 25, 1954

      1. A Black Black Cloud (0:07): MP3
      2. The Host (3:34): MP3
      3. The Orchestra (3:36): MP3

      Complete recording (10:24): MP3

      Interview on the NBC radio series Anthology. March 26, 1954

      1. The Descent (1:46): MP3
      2. The Host (3:25): MP3
      3. The Orchestra (3:33): MP3

      Complete recording (21:10): MP3

      Talk on the NBC radio series Collector's Item. March 28, 1954

      • Complete recording (5:03): MP3

      Reading at his home in Rutherford, NJ. June 6, 1954

      1. The Descent (1:40): MP3
      2. To Daphne and Virginia (5:10): MP3
      3. The Orchestra (3:48): MP3
      4. For Eleanor and Bill Monahan (3:57): MP3
      5. The Yellow Flower (3:03): MP3
      6. The Host (3:30): MP3
      7. Of Asphodel, That Greeny Flower I (excerpt): 'Of Asphodel, that greeny flower' to 'to sing to you'; 'My heart rouses' to end of Book I (0:55): MP3
      8. The Botticellian Trees (0:57): MP3
      9. Flowers by the Sea (0:30): MP3
      10. The Yachts (3:06): MP3
      11. The Catholic Bells (2:11): MP3
      12. Smell! (1:10): MP3 [text-audio alignment]
      13. Fish (5:06): MP3
      14. Primrose (1:28): MP3
      15. To Elsie (2:30): MP3
      16. Between Walls (0:15): MP3 [text-audio alignment]
      17. On Gay Wallpaper (0:47): MP3
      18. The Red Lily (1:08): MP3
      19. Seafarer (1:03): MP3

      Complete reading (43:12): MP3

      "Between Walls" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 1.

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Interview with Francis Mason on Voice of America, NBC Radio. June 18, 1954

      • Reads "The Descent" (7:20): MP3

      Reading for the Voice of America, NBC Radio. 1954

      1. Poem ('As the cat') (0:16): MP3
      2. The Young Housewife (0:40): MP3
      3. Light Hearted William (0:37): MP3
      4. The Dance ('In Brueghel's great picture') (0:42): MP3
      5. The Bull (0:55): MP3
      6. The Yachts (2:45): MP3

      Complete reading (5:59): Complete reading

      Lecture: "The Modern Poem," Oreon E. Scott symposium, "The Writer and His Public," Washington University in St. Louis. May 8, 1955

      • Complete recording (57:02): MP3

      Reading and Commentary at the University of California, Berkeley. May 19, 1955

      1. Spring and All (1:28): MP3
      2. Commentary (0:36): MP3
      3. The Pot of Flowers (0:41): MP3
      4. Commentary (1:08): MP3
      5. Rain (2:22): MP3
      6. The Botticellian Trees (1:19): MP3
      7. Commentary (0:57): MP3
      8. To a Mexican Pig-Bank (two readings) (0:58): MP3
      9. To a Poor Old Woman (0:46): MP3
      10. Commentary (0:36): MP3
      11. The Catholic Bells (2:05): MP3
      12. A Poem for Norman Macleod (1:33): MP3
      13. Danse Russe (1:34): MP3
      14. The Late Singer (0:40): MP3
      15. Commentary (1:04): MP3
      16. At the Faucet of June (1:14): MP3
      17. The Avenue of Poplar (1:09): MP3
      18. The Sun (1:26): MP3
      19. A Sort of a Song (0:34): MP3
      20. Commentary (0:38): MP3
      21. The Dance ('In Brueghel's great picture') (0:49): MP3
      22. Commentary (0:35): MP3
      23. The Gentle Rejoinder (0:51): MP3
      24. Seafarer (0:56): MP3
      25. Commentary (0:44): MP3
      26. May 1st Tomorrow (1:32): MP3
      27. A Unison (2:51): MP3
      28. Commentary (4:35): MP3
      29. The Descent (1:51): MP3
      30. To Daphne and Virginia (4:55): MP3
      31. The Orchestra (3:37): MP3
      32. Asphodel, That Greeny Flower I (excerpt): 'I speak in figures' to end of book I (3:22): MP3

      Complete recording (50:59): MP3

      Reading and Commentary at the University of California, Santa Barbara. June 1, 1955

      1. Seafarer (1:02): MP3
      2. A Unison (2:57): MP3
      3. Commentary (5:49): MP3
      4. The Descent (1:38): MP3
      5. To Daphne and Virginia (5:31): MP3
      6. The Orchestra (3:34): MP3
      7. Asphodel, That Greeny Flower I (excerpt): 'I speak in figures' to end of book I (3:16): MP3
      8. Commentary (3:32): MP3
      9. The Ivy Crown (3:42): MP3
      10. Asphodel, That Greeny Flower: Coda (5:09): MP3

      Complete recording (38:14): MP3

      Reading and Commentary at UCLA. May 1955

      1. Introduction (5:42): MP3
      2. The Botticellian Trees (0:59): MP3
      3. Commentary (1:01): MP3
      4. Flowers by the Sea (0:32): MP3
      5. Commentary (1:25): MP3
      6. Primrose (2:29): MP3
      7. Commentary (1:35): MP3
      8. Spring and All (1:31): MP3
      9. Commentary (1:22): MP3
      10. Commentary (0:56): MP3
      11. To Elsie (2:25): MP3
      12. Commentary (1:09): MP3
      13. On Gay Wallpaper (0:58): MP3
      14. Commentary (0:58): MP3
      15. The Red Lily (1:13): MP3
      16. Commentary (2:02): MP3
      17. The Sun (1:34): MP3
      18. Commentary (0:42): MP3
      19. A Sort of a Song (0:38): MP3
      20. Seafarer (1:31): MP3
      21. Commentary (2:40): MP3
      22. May 1st Tomorrow (2:06): MP3
      23. A Unison (2:56): MP3
      24. Commentary (2:03): MP3
      25. The Sea-Elephant (2:15): MP3
      26. Commentary (7:04): MP3
      27. The Descent (1:47): MP3
      28. Commentary (0:39): MP3
      29. To Daphne and Virginia (4:49): MP3
      30. Commentary (0:47): MP3
      31. The Orchestra (3:36): MP3
      32. Commentary (3:22): MP3
      33. Shadows (3:40): MP3
      34. Asphodel, that Greeny Flower: Coda (6:06): MP3

      Complete recording (1:15:57): MP3

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Reading and Commentary recorded by Eyvind Earle at his home in Hillview Park Ave., San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, California. May 1955.

      1. Peace on Earth (0:46): MP3
      2. The Botticellian Trees (1:01): MP3
      3. Commentary (0:28): MP3
      4. Flowers by the Sea (0:43): MP3
      5. Commentary (0:42): MP3
      6. Spring and All (1:27): MP3
      7. On Gay Wallpaper (0:49): MP3
      8. Commentary (0:50): MP3
      9. Primrose (1:24): MP3
      10. The Red Lily (1:14): MP3
      11. The Sun (1:34): MP3
      12. A Sort of a Song (0:43): MP3
      13. May 1st Tomorrow (1:27): MP3
      14. A Unison (2:41): MP3
      15. Commentary (1:54): MP3
      16. The Descent (2:33): MP3
      17. To Daphne and Virginia (5:25): MP3
      18. The Orchestra (3:39): MP3
      19. The Yellow Flower (2:51): MP3
      20. The Host (3:34): MP3
      21. The Mental Hospital Garden (4:50): MP3
      22. Asphodel, That Greeny Flower I (excerpt): 'I speak in figures' to end of book I (3:56): MP3
      23. The Ivy Crown (3:16): MP3
      24. Shadows (3:06): MP3
      25. Asphodel, That Greeny Flower: Coda (excerpt): 'Inseparable from the fire' to 'which John Donne',"where the recording breaks off (4:23): MP3

      Complete recording (59:03): MP3

      "Flowers by the Sea" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      Interview on "A Tribute to Ezra Pound," broadcast by WYBC, Yale University Radio. December 5, 1955

      • Complete recording (1:04:24): MP3

      Reading and Commentary at the University of Puerto Rico. April 1956

      • Reads "Asphodel I," complete recording (14:07): MP3

      Interview with John Wingate on Nightbeat, WABD television. September 4, 1957

      1. introduction (0:44): MP3
      2. on practicing medicine and writing poetry (1:59): MP3
      3. on the Greenwich Village poets and separating from the crowd (4:15): MP3
      4. on Ezra Pound (5:26): MP3
      5. on Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost (3:43): MP3
      6. on his links to alleged communist causes and letting people speak (2:51): MP3
      7. on television (0:33): MP3
      8. on Madison Avenue (0:37): MP3
      9. on Adlai Stevenson, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy (1:23): MP3
      10. on the place of religion in his life (1:15): MP3
      11. on what he would like to be remembered for (0:33): MP3
      12. closing remarks from John Wingate (0:36): MP3

      Complete recording (24:03): MP3

      Interviews with Walter Sutton. Recorded October 11 & 20, November 3 & 15, 1960

      • Complete recording (1:59:38): MP3

      Interviews with Stanley Koehler. March 29 & 30, 1962

      1. The Descent (excerpt) (0:22): MP3
      2. The Orchestra (excerpt) (0:06): MP3

      Complete recording (31:52): MP3

      Robert Creeley reading a selection of poems by William Carlos Williams, Walking the Dog Lecture Series at SUNY-Buffalo Poetics Program, October 15, 1990

      1. reads William Carlos Williams's "The Dance" (1:07): MP3
      2. reads WCW's "Burning the Christmas Greens" (5:38): MP3
      3. reads WCW's "History of Love" (0:30): MP3
      4. reads WCW's "When Structure Fails Rhyme Attempts to Come to the Rescue" (2:05): MP3
      5. reads WCW's "The Birth of Venus" (3:04): MP3
      6. reads WCW's "The Sound of Waves" (filne name is incorrect) (1:32): MP3
      7. reads WCW's "The Dish of Fruit" (0:19): MP3
      8. reads WCW's "The Act" (1:26): MP3
      9. reads WCW's "Lear" (1:33): MP3

      Singles

      "This Is Just to Say"

      1. Read in Rutherford, NJ, June 1950 MP3 (1:18)
      2. Read in Rutherford, NJ, August 1950 MP3 (0:17)
      3. Read in Van Nuys, Calif., November 16, 1950 MP3 (0:23)
      4. Read at Harvard University, December 4, 1951 MP3 (1:14)
      5. Read at Princeton University, March 19, 1952 MP3 (0:41), text  (via poets.org)

      [see text-audio alignments of all five singles]

      "Between Walls"

      1. Read at UCLA, November 15, 1950 MP3 (0:12)
      2. Read at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA Poetry Center, New York MP3 (0:22)
      3. Read at Williams' home in Rutherford, NJ MP3 (0:18) text

      Also featured on PoemTalk Episode 1.

      "To Elsie"

      1. Read January 9, 1942 (1:45): MP3
      2. Read at the Library of Congress, May 5, 1945 (1:50): MP3
      3. Read at UCLA, November 15, 1950 (2:14): MP3
      4. Read at Van Nuys, Calif. November 16, 1950 (2:20): MP3
      5. Read at Princeton University, March 19, 1952 (2:16): MP3
      6. Read at Hanover College, Indiana, May 16, 1952 (2:56): MP3
      7. Read in Rutherford, NJ, June 6, 1954 (2:30): MP3
      8. Read at UCLA, May 1955 (2:25): MP3

      "The Red Wheelbarrow"

      1. Read January 9, 1942 (0:11): MP3
      2. Read for the Library of Congress, May 5, 1945 (0:15): MP3
      3. Read on an interview for the Mary Margaret McBride Show, December 4, 1950 (0:08): MP3
      4. Read at Princeton University, March 19, 1952 (1:42): MP3

      [see text-audio alignments of all four singles]

      Also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.

      "Flowers By the Sea"

      1. Read for the Library of Congress, May 5, 1945 (0:32): MP3
      2. Read in Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, California, November 16, 1950 MP3
      3. Read at Harvard University, December 4, 1951 (0:51): MP3
      4. Read at Princeton University, March 18, 1952 (0:53): MP3
      5. Read at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, May 16, 1952 (1:00): MP3
      6. Read at his home in Rutherford, New Jersey, June 6, 1954 (0:30): MP3
      7. Read at UCLA, May, 1955 (0:32): MP3
      8. Read in Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, California, May, 1955 (0:43): MP3

      Also featured on PoemTalk Episode 30.


      Oral History

      David Ignatow interviews Flossie Williams, Rutherford, NJ, 1974
      (30:26):
      MP3


      Optic Nerve Videos, various dates

      • No Ideas But In Things (4:48) Link
      • I Saw The Figure 5 in Gold (4:50) Link

      William Carlos Williams on PennSound Daily


      Also of Interest:

      1. Symposium on Williams' "To Elsie" conducted by Al Filreis, Bob Perelman, Kristen Gallagher, and Shawn Walker (1:33:41): MP3

      Of Related Interest:

      Richard Swigg Talking about Williams and Tomlinson (24:41) : MP3




      Special thanks to Jonathan Gorman and Danny Snelson for their assistance in segmenting these recordings,
      as well as Mollie Braverman and Chris Yeager, who re-coded the Williams page.

      These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. © 2006 by the estates of William Eric Williams and Paul H. Williams. Used by permission of the heirs of William Carlos Williams and New Directions Publishing Corp., agent for the heirs. Distributed by PennSound.