The Bostonian (1981)
Program on John Hall Wheelwright
Nov. 23, 1981 - featuring James Laughlin, Quincy Howe, Polly Thayer, Malcolm Cowley, Ray DiPalma, and Charles North (1:30:26): MP3
- introduction (3:28): MP3
- James Laughlin on John Wheelwright's father (1:48): MP3
- Susan Howe reading "Father" (1:14): MP3
- James Laughlin commenting on "Father" (0:54): MP3
- James Laughlin on John Wheelwright's New England voice (1:50): MP3
- Quincy Howe reading "Come Over and Help Us" (6:29): MP3
- Quincy Howe on his friendship with John Wheelwright (4:03): MP3
- Quincy Howe on John Wheelwright's family (3:49): MP3
- Quincy Howe on John Wheelwright as a student (2:56): MP3
- Quincy Howe on John Wheelwright as an unforgettable Boston personality (3:39): MP3
- Polly Thayer on painting John Wheelwright's portrait and his strange way of dressing (2:14): MP3
- Polly Thayer on John Wheelwright's mother and his passion for calling attention to himself (2:53): MP3
- Polly Thayer on John Wheelwright's poetry (1:07): MP3
- Polly Thayer on John Wheelwright's religious feelings and eccentricities (1:40): MP3
- Ray DiPalma reading "Coq D'or" (1:49): MP3
- Ray DiPalma reading "Cross Questions" (1:04): MP3
- Ray DiPalma reading "Plate Glass Membrane" (1:07): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley on John Wheelwright at Harvard (7:20): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley on John Wheelwright and Cessation Magazine (3:52): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley reading "Fish Food" (4:14): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley commenting on "Fish Food" (1:38): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley on John Wheelwright and The Aesthete Magazine (1:45): MP3
- Malcolm Cowley on John Wheelwright's socialism (1:50): MP3
- Charles North on lyricism, control, and courage in John Wheelwright's poetry (2:19): MP3
- Charles North reading "Link" (1:16): MP3
- Charles North reading "Boston in Summer, with a Confession" (1:02): MP3
- Charles North reading "Midwinter Walk" (0:43): MP3
- Charles North reading "Train Ride" (4:39): MP3
- James Laughlin on John Wheelwright getting his work published in Boston (1:21): MP3
- James Laughlin on "Dinner Call" (1:44): MP3
- James Laughlin reading "Dinner Call" (4:52): MP3
- James Laughlin on publishing John Wheelwright (2:13): MP3
- James Laughlin on S. Foster Damon and John Wheelwright's self-defeatist attitude about getting published (2:22): MP3
- James Laughlin on John Wheelwright's funeral (0:42): MP3
- James Laughlin on Kenneth Burke (0:16): MP3
Audre Lorde, Date Unknown
Recording 1 (11:59): MP3
Recording 2 (19:35): MP3
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