A Bibliography of Interviews of George and Mary Oppen Chronologically Arranged
by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
(Originally published in Sagetrieb Vol. 6 No. 1 Spring 1987. Used by permission.)
1968
April 25, 1968
"Interview with George
Oppen" conducted by L. S. Dembo.
Contemporary Literature 10, 2 (Spring 1969):
159-177.
April? [Dembo says May] 1968
"Oppen on his Poems:
A Discussion," conducted by L. S. Dembo.
George Oppen: Man and Poet, ed. Burton Hatlen
(Orono: National Poetry Foundation, 1981): 197-213.
(To be differentiated from the above.)
1971
March 30, 1971 (excerpt from tape for KPFA-FM Berkeley)
"A Conversation with
George Oppen," conducted by Charles Amirkhanian and David Gitin.
Ironwood 5 (1975): 21-24.
1973
May 22, 1973 (transcription from BBC Sound Archives; copyright BBC)
"George Oppen in conversation
with Charles Tomlinson,"
typescript from BBC Archives. [Some transcription
problems; also Xerox is poor!]
1975
May 1, 1975
"Interview with George
Oppen," conducted by Reinhold Schiffer.
Sagetrieb 3, 3 (Winter 1984): 9-23.
May 25, 1975
"An Interview with
George and Mary Oppen, May 25, 1975," comnducted by Kevin Power.
Montemora 4 (1978): 186-203.
May 25, 1975
"Conversation with
George and Mary Oppen, May 25, 1975," conducted by Kevin Power.
Texas Quarterly 21, 1 (Spring 1978): [almost
same as above]
1976
[Jan-Feb. 1976? dated inferentially from death of Reznikoff: tape for KPFA-FM, Berkeley]
"George and Mary Oppen:
Memorial Broadcast for Charles Reznikoff,"
interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian.
Sagetrieb 3, 3 (Winter 1984): 29-35.
[1976? dated inferentially from letter, Jan. 7, 1977, alluding to the delay in sending this to Mary]
"George and Mary Oppen:
An Interview," conducted by Michel Englebert and Mike West.
American Poetry Review 14, 4 (July-August
1985): 11-14.
1978
January 1978
"The Oppens: Remarks
towards Biography," interview conducted by David McAleavey.
Ironwood 26: George Oppen Special Issue (1985):
309-318.
[Some transcription problems with the "Rust in
Copper" dream].
January 9, 12, 13, 1978
"Oppen on Oppen: Extracts
from Interviews," conducted by David McAleavey.
Sagetrieb 5, 1 (Spring 1986): 59-93.
January 1978
[Third part of the Oppen
interviews], conducted by David McAleavey.
Sagetrieb 6, 1 (Spring 1987): 109-135.
1980
Late June 1980
"Poetry and Politics:
A Conversation with George and Mary Oppen," conducted by Burton Hatlen
and Tom Mandel.
In George Oppen: Man and Poet, edited by Burton
Hatlen (Orono: National Poetry
Foundation, 1981): 23-47.