Library of Congress Recordings
Barbara Guest in the Recording Laboratory, June 6, 1960
Complete recording (1:00:04): MP3
- The Location of Things (2:46): MP3
- April (1:27): MP3
- Piazzas (2:23): MP3
- In the Middle of the Easel (1:28): MP3
- Windy Afternoon (1:10): MP3
- All Grey-haired, My Sisters (3:33): MP3
- Russians at the Beach (1:14): MP3
- The Hero Leaves His Ship (2:18): MP3
- Birthday (0:49): MP3
- On the Way to Dumbarton Oaks (1:19): MP3
- Les Realites (1:29): MP3
- The Wandering Musicians by Manet (1:45): MP3
- Poème Classique (0:47): MP3
- Cape Canaveral (1:07): MP3
- Sunday Evening (1:37): MP3
- The Crisis (1:30): MP3
- Sadness (1:16): MP3
- Upside Down (0:41): MP3
- History (1:03): MP3
- Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher (1:16): MP3
- Jaffa Juice (3:21): MP3
- Lights of My Eyes (0:35): MP3
- In Dock (1:22): MP3
- Santa Fe Trail (1:48): MP3
- West 64th Street (1:12): MP3
- Safe Flights (1:35): MP3
- The Time of Day (1:11): MP3
- Heroic Stages (2:10): MP3
- Belgravia (2:18): MP3
- The Crisis (2) (1:06): MP3
- The Past of a Poem (1:09): MP3
- Snow Angel (0:46): MP3
- Dido to Aeneas (1:32): MP3
- Atalanta in Arcadia (1:39): MP3
- Green Awnings (1:43): MP3
- From Eyes Blue and Cold (0:59): MP3
- Palm Trees (0:45): MP3
Cid Corman in the Recording Laboratory, October 14, 1960
"Mr. Corman reads thirty-five selections from his collected volume, Sun rock man, which was unpublished at the time of reading. Mr. Corman prefaces his reading with a selection from a series of 'statements' by Louis Zukofsky--from 'A-1 to 12.'" - Library of Congress Catalog
Complete recording (53:28): MP3
- Introduction (8:40): MP3
- Essay (8:01): MP3
- This Other Brief Statement (2:36): MP3
- Sun Rock Man Preface (1:01): MP3
- The Incident (0:19): MP3
- At the End (1:56): MP3
- The Wedge (0:19): MP3
- The Sparrow (0:27): MP3
- The Transaction (0:21): MP3
- In the Garden (0:18): MP3
- Kite (0:43): MP3
- Ferragosto (0:29): MP3
- A Little Girl (0:27): MP3
- No Way (0:38): MP3
- The Shells (1:22): MP3
- The Stars at Piazza Pascoli (1:47): MP3
- Reading Vico (0:23): MP3
- Il Paradiso (0:48): MP3
- The Satisfactions (1:18): MP3
- The Labors (0:53): MP3
- The Geographer (0:18): MP3
- The Journeymen (1:00): MP3
- Casbah (0:50): MP3
- The Medicine Man (0:58): MP3
- The Bonfire (0:35): MP3
- The Spices (0:33): MP3
- The Dance (0:25): MP3
- The Business (0:34): MP3
- The Sidewalk (0:49): MP3
- The Artist's Life (0:53): MP3
- I Promessi Sposi (0:57): MP3
- The Benediction (0:22): MP3
- The Locusts (1:46): MP3
- The Small Parade (0:31): MP3
- La Bruna (1:20): MP3
- The Gifts (1:40): MP3
- I Contradini (2:31): MP3
- La Cantina (1:08): MP3
Babette Deutsch in the Coolidge Auditorium, October 9, 1961
"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
- Feeding the Chickens (2:16): MP3
- Then and Now (2:42): MP3
- Heard in Old Age (1:50): MP3
- Ape (1:29): MP3
- Young Gazelle (1:07): MP3
- Lioness Asleep (1:22): MP3
- Truro Hour (1:46): MP3
- Earliness at the Cape (2:35): MP3
- The Dispassionate Shepherds (2:16): MP3
- Natural Law (0:55): MP3
- Homage to Paul Klee (2:11): MP3
- Disasters of War: Goya at the Museum (2:31): MP3
- Damnation (1:04): MP3
- Small Colored Boy in the Subway (1:55): MP3
- Homage to John Skelton (7:28): MP3
- Moving (2:29): MP3
- Fountain and Unicorn (3:02): MP3
- Death of a Dog (2:04): MP3
- History (1:29): MP3
- Wine Party (1:41): MP3
- Space Man (0:46): MP3
- The Disenchanted (1:45): MP3
- Admonition (1:58): MP3
- A View of the Piazza di San Marco (5:29): MP3
- The Poem (3:40): MP3
Robert Creeley in the Recording Laboratory, June 1, 1961
"Mr. Creeley reads sixteen poems from his collection, The whip; five poems from his collection, A form of women; and nine poems from his collection, For love." - Library of Congress Catalog
Complete recording (54:32): MP3
- Introduction (14:33): MP3
- A Song (0:50): MP3
- The Crisis (0:33): MP3
- The Riddle (0:29): MP3
- The Rhyme (0:23): MP3
- The Innocence (0:34): MP3
- The Ball Game (0:52): MP3
- The Carnival (0:31): MP3
- The Chasm (0:39): MP3
- The Dishonest Mailman (0:32): MP3
- The Immoral Proposition (0:32): MP3
- The Operation (0:31): MP3
- Chanson (0:34): MP3
- The Conspiracy (0:27): MP3
- I Know a Man (0:27): MP3
- The Warning (0:23): MP3
- The Whip (0:42): MP3
- Ballad of the Despairing Husband (2:41): MP3
- If You (0:52): MP3
- The Tunnel (0:30): MP3
- The Door (3:38): MP3
- The Hill (1:06): MP3
- For Love (2:29): MP3
- Fire (0:36): MP3
- The Name (1:18): MP3
- The Sign Board (1:18): MP3
- The Awakening (1:34): MP3
- Kore (0:47): MP3
- The Rain (0:56): MP3
- The Woman (0:39): MP3
- The Rescue (0:48): MP3
Muriel Rukeyser in the Recording Laboratory, April 17, 1962
Complete recording (56:10): MP3
- Introduction (0:37): MP3
- Water Lily Fire (17:45): MP3
- Song (A Voice Flew Out) (0:36): MP3
- To Enter That Rhythm Where the Self Is Lost (1:29): MP3
- The Speaking Tree (1:32): MP3
- The Way Out (5:28): MP3
- Boy with His Hair Cut Short (3:04): MP3
- Are You Born (3:12): MP3
- Murmurs from the Earth of This Land (2:12): MP3
- No One Ever Walking This Our Only Earth (2:21): MP3
- Haying Before Storm (1:39): MP3
- A Birth (2:33): MP3
- Night Feeding (2:00): MP3
- Discussion (9:00): MP3
Muriel Rukeyser in the Whittall Pavillion, April 5, 1965
Complete recording (1:12:07): MP3
- Introduction (3:00): MP3
- Song (0:42): MP3
- Eyes of Nighttime (2:00): MP3
- Reading Time (1 Minute 26 Seconds) (6:34): MP3
- Darkness Music (0:29): MP3
- Haying Before Storm (1:59): MP3
- Easter Eve (4:27): MP3
- Are You Born (2:55): MP3
- Song (2) (0:36): MP3
- Ajanta (15:34): MP3
- The Seeming (2:46): MP3
- The Orgy (2:47): MP3
- The Poem as Mask (2:45): MP3
- The Power of Suicide (0:26): MP3
- Double Dialogue (2:11): MP3
- The Transgress (1:08): MP3
- The Outer Banks (13:32): MP3
- The Wreck of the Tiger (1:47): MP3
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson Reading with Commentary Part One in the Coolidge Auditorium, October 18, 1965
Complete recording (1:04:44): MP3
- Introduction by Quin Simone (4:53): MP3
- Rendezvous with America (4:13): MP3
- Sometimes (4:59): MP3
- The Gallows (3:14): MP3
- Ole Houses (2:13): MP3
- An Ex-Judge at the Bar (3:16): MP3
- If You Should Lie to Me (1:46): MP3
- The Primer for Today (2:38): MP3
- The Dictionary of the Wolf (2:06): MP3
- Ballad of the Rattlesnake (3:40): MP3
- Dark Symphony (Excerpts) (5:12): MP3
- Momento for the Republic of Liberia (2:17): MP3
- Bola Boa Reading and Commentary (13:04): MP3
- The Lackey Licks the Guinea's Boots Til Holes Wear in the Tongue Commentary (3:25): MP3
- The Harlem Recordings(00:49): MP3
- Audio Recording Conclusion (00:09): MP3
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson Reading with Commentary Part Two in the Coolidge Auditorium, October 18, 1965
Complete recording (14:04): MP3
- Audio Recording Introduction (00:39): MP3
- Harlem Gallery (2:38): MP3
- The Birth of John Henry (1:58): MP3
- Ballad on Old Satchmo (3:53): MP3
- The Sea Turtle and the Shark (3:16): MP3
- Conclusion (1:03): MP3
Babette Deutsch in the Recording Laboratory, June 9, 1969
Partial recording (27:44): MP3
- Untitled (I Knew) (1:10): MP3
- Feeding the Chickens (1:59): MP3
- Small Colored Boy in the Subway (1:29): MP3
- Scarecrow (1:10): MP3
- Reflections in a Little Park (0:56): MP3
- Damnation (1:04): MP3
- Lizard at Pompeii (0:56): MP3
- A View of the Piazza di San Marco (5:26): MP3
- Earliness at the Cape (2:13): MP3
- Wine Party (1:41): MP3
- July Day (1:34): MP3
- A Day in Late August (1:17): MP3
- Fountain and Unicorn (2:27): MP3
Barbara Guest in the Recording Laboratory, June 2, 1969
Complete recording (1:01:59): MP3
- The Blue Stairs (2:33): MP3
- Turkey Villas (2:41): MP3
- A Reason (0:48): MP3
- Walking Buddha (1:21): MP3
- Barrels (1:21): MP3
- East of Omsk (1:16): MP3
- Clouds Near the Window (1:48): MP3
- A Way of Being (2:06): MP3
- Four Moroccan Studies (2:08): MP3
- Parade's End (0:52): MP3
- Fan Poems (3:16): MP3
- Saving Tallow (1:59): MP3
- Colonial Hours (2:29): MP3
- 20 (1:16): MP3
- Direction (1:43): MP3
- Passage (1:18): MP3
- See Song (0:24): MP3
- Days (1:16): MP3
- 3 AM (1:04): MP3
- Eating Chocolate Ice Cream: Reading Mayakovsky (2:25): MP3
- Roses (1:30): MP3
- Carmen (1:45): MP3
- Olivetti Ode (0:57): MP3
- On a Chinese Vase (2:26): MP3
- The Flaking Ceiling (0:29): MP3
- The Watering Can (1:57): MP3
- A Handbook of Surfing (12:21): MP3
John Ashbery Reading and Discussion, November 24, 1975
"Mr. Ashbery reads two poems from his collection entitled Some trees; two from Rivers and mountains; two from The double dream of spring; one from Self-portrait in a convex mirror; and three of his other poems. Stanley Kunitz introduces the poet and moderates the discussion." - Library of Congress Catalog
Complete recording (1:02:21): MP3
- Introduction (8:44): MP3
- Two Scenes / Popular Songs (3:15): MP3
- The Recent Past (1:25): MP3
- A Blessing in Disguise (1:34): MP3
- Soonest Mended (5:01): MP3
- It Was Raining in the Capital (3:29): MP3
- Worsening Situation (2:25): MP3
- Street Musicians (1:27): MP3
- Daffy Duck in Hollywood (8:56): MP3
- And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (2:22): MP3
Carl Rakosi in the Recording Laboratory, May 4, 1976
"Mr. Rakosi reads four poems from his collection entitled Amulet; seven from Ere-voice; and nine from Ex-cranium, night." - Library of Congress Catalog
Complete recording (46:23): MP3
- Americana 1 (0:39): MP3
- Americana 2 (1:01): MP3
- Old Hickory (0:12): MP3
- OK (3:45): MP3
- Americana 11: Strictly Iowa (0:36): MP3
- Americana 19: Item (0:36): MP3
- Americana 4 (3:10): MP3
- Americana 5 (1:48): MP3
- Americana 28 (0:42): MP3
- The Experiment with a Rat (0:42): MP3
- Americana 23 (0:29): MP3
- Americana 12 (2:25): MP3
- New Orleans Transient Bureau (4:08): MP3
- The Poet and The Depression (1:32): MP3
- The Depression Dream (5:25): MP3
- Fiddling Around (3:51): MP3
- When He Sat Down to His Desk (1:34): MP3
- The China Policy (1:24): MP3
- Associations with a View from the House (1:38): MP3
- (0:48): MP3
"A. Walton Litz delivers a lecture, Wallace Stevens, the poetry of earth, in which he discusses the real and particular aspects of Stevens's poems and the influence of place and time on the poet's work. Anthony Howard follows with readings of ten poems by Vachel Lindsay." - Library of Congress Catalog
Complete recording (1:14:30): MP3
Barbara Guest in the Mumford Room, December 5, 1996
Complete recording (1:05:51): MP3
- Introduction by Robert Haas (10:43): MP3
- Windy Afternoon (0:57): MP3
- Washington (1:47): MP3
- Green Onions (1:45): MP3
- Santa Fe Trail (1:37): MP3
- Sunday Evening (1:15): MP3
- Another July (0:56): MP3
- Living Solitarily in the Garret (1:22): MP3
- Roses (2:05): MP3
- Nebraska (2:34): MP3
- Heavy Violets (0:20): MP3
- Heavy Violets 2 (0:26): MP3
- Borderlands (1:34): MP3
- The Blue Stairs (2:32): MP3
- Parade's End (0:51): MP3
- An Emphasis Falls on Reality (2:09): MP3
- Wild Gardens Overlooked by Night Lights (3:06): MP3
- The View from Kandinsky's Window (1:35): MP3
- Prairie Houses (1:18): MP3
- The Sunroom (1:01): MP3
- There Was a Poem (0:26): MP3
- Dissonance Royal Traveller (2:53): MP3
- The Farewell Stairway (2:52): MP3
- Winter Horses (1:34): MP3
- The Surface as Object (1:27): MP3
Carl Rakosi in the Mumford Room, April 11, 1996
Complete recording (1:08:56): MP3
- Introduction by Robert Haas (11:10): MP3
- Lying in Bed on a Summer Morning (2:40): MP3
- The Glass of Madeira (3:38): MP3
- Evening with my Granddaughters (0:18): MP3
- Questions for Jennifer Ebin (1:27): MP3
- Young Couples Strolling By (0:35): MP3
- Ode to a Nightingale (1:13): MP3
- Get Up You Old Dog (1:10): MP3
- Shakespearean Street (1:14): MP3
- Down to Earth Suite 1 (1:00): MP3
- Down to Earth Suite 2 (0:46): MP3
- Down to Earth Suite 3 (0:41): MP3
- Down to Earth Suite 4 (0:08): MP3
- Manhattan 1975 (6:50): MP3
- American Nymphs (3:20): MP3
- Country Epitaphs (2:00): MP3
- The Old Poet's Tale (17:45): MP3
- Meditation / Theologian (1:39): MP3
- Ballad of the Diminished I (3:21): MP3
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