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PoemTalk #102, discussing Robert Lowell's Poem "Skunk Hour," feat. Lisa New, Rafael Campo, and Christina Davis on June 22, 2016

For complete recording and program notes go to Jacket2

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  • Commander Lowell (3:28): MP3
  • Memories of West Street and Lepke (2:44): MP3
  • For the Union Dead (4:16): MP3
  • The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket (8:16): MP3
  • Skunk Hour (2:20): MP3

"Skunk Hour" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 102.

Richard Moore USA: Poetry Documentary with Richard Wilbur, 1966

Reading at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, October 31, 1963

  • 1. Intro By Stanley Kunitz (7:27): MP3
  • 2. Lowell Interlude (4:01): MP3
  • 3. Intro "Mary Winslow" (1:34): MP3
  • 4. Mary Winslow (1:53): MP3
  • 5. Intro "The Public Garden" (1:36): MP3
  • 6. The Public Garden (1:46): MP3
  • 7. Intro "Beyond The Alps" (1:59): MP3
  • 8. Beyond The Alps (4:07): MP3
  • 9. Intro "Ruins" (0:24): MP3
  • 10. Ruins (3:17): MP3
  • 11. Intro "Skunk Hour" (1:57): MP3
  • 12. Skunk Hour (2:27): MP3
  • 13. Intro "The Flaw" (1:24): MP3
  • 14. The Flaw (2:16): MP3
  • 15. Intro "Soft Wood" (1:35): MP3
  • 16. Soft Wood (2:16): MP3
  • 17. Intro "Middle Age" (0:52): MP3
  • 18. Middle Age (0:44): MP3
  • 19. Intro "The Lesson" (0:51): MP3
  • 20. The Lesson (1:30): MP3

Complete Recording without introduction by Stanley Kunitz (36:04): MP3

"Skunk Hour" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 102.

Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project

  • Complete Recording (2:57): MP3

Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project, 1977

  • Complete Recording (22:44): MP3

Reading "To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage"

  • Complete Recording (1:55): MP3

    Reading at the Poetry Club of the 92nd St. Y, December 12, 1976

  • Complete Recording, (47:50)MP3
  • Recording courtesy of Michael Davison

Reels, September 1959