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Tony Towle

Reading for the Readings in Contemporary Poetry series at Dia Art Foundation, New York:Chelsea, January 26, 2012

with Jennifer Moxley

  • Complete reading (30:07): MP3

Prose Reading for Elinor Nauen's Prose Pro's Series, Sidewalk Cafe, New York, June 10, 2010

Complete reading (37:07): MP3

Recorded live at WKCR-FM (New York) by Tom Kelly on September 20, 2002

  1. The Sea & the Wind (7:11): MP3
  2. On His Name (1:18): MP3
  3. Recapitulation (4:19): MP3
  4. Social Poem (2:55): MP3
  5. Prospects (3:55): MP3
  6. Archive (1:19): MP3
  7. Shelf Life (1:00): MP3
  8. Ethos (9:05): MP3
  9. Post Modern Maturity (7:20): MP3
  10. Dinner Party (1:35): MP3
  11. In the Coffeehouse (2:20): MP3
  12. Clash of Artistic Temperaments (0:29): MP3

Reading by Tony Towle and Charles North, St. Mark’s Church, NY, October 6, 1993

Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.

  1. Side A (52:22): link
  2. Side B (42:59): link
  3. Alternate link with Side A and B combined (1:26:31): link

Reading at the Blue Mountain Gallery, SoHo, New York City, February 8, 1986

  1. Variations for Jean on Gnothic Neophancy (4:07): MP3
  2. Typing Test (2:39): MP3
  3. Dropping Names (1:03): MP3
  4. Scenes of Verdi (2:23): MP3
  5. Homage to Berlioz (3:14): MP3
  6. Waiting with Mahler (4:15): MP3
  7. Brief Moments with Tchaikovsky (2:14): MP3
  8. The Allegorical Figure of Brooklyn (0:52): MP3
  9. North (1:40): MP3
  10. April 24th (1:24): MP3
  11. Notes on Velasquez (0:53): MP3
  12. The Sea and the Wind (2:12): MP3
  13. Social Poem (2:35): MP3
  14. Recapitulation (3:22): MP3
  15. Vase (1:27): MP3
Complete reading (36:19): MP3

Reading at the Ear Inn, January 21, 1981

Complete reading (33:50): MP3

Reading at the Ear Inn, May 12, 1979

  1. Works on Paper (17:22): MP3
  2. Tomb (0:33): MP3
  3. A Few Drinks (1:04): MP3
  4. Fermented Studies (Parts 3 & 4) (1:53): MP3
  5. Red Studio (2:34): MP3
  6. Preface to Part 2 (1:37): MP3
  7. Social Poem (3:06): MP3
Part One (17:49): MP3
Part Two (12:44): MP3

Lecture on Poetry, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, March 15, 1978

From the Talk Series curated by Bob Perelman

Complete Recording (1:23:25): MP3

Appearing on Public Access Poetry with Lenny Goldstein, Tom Savage, Bob Rosenthal, Greg Masters, David Herz, Gary Lenhart, and Rochelle Kraut, February 14, 1978

Complete video (28:22): MOV

Appearing on Public Access Poetry with Tom Savage, Steve Carey, and Simon Pettet, December 8, 1977

Complete video (43:45): MOV

10 Year Memorial honoring Frank O’Hara, St. Mark’s Church, 1976

  • Side A (29:50): MP3
  • Side B (49:29): MP3

Features Joe LeSeuer, Patsy Southgate, Jane Freilicher (reading James Schuyler), Anne Waldman as MC, Kenneth Koch (reading "Awake in Spain"), Carter Ratcliffe, Tony Towle, Patsy Southgate, David Shapiro, and Peter Schjedahl

Note: Some unintentional background music and sound from earlier tape recording can occasionally be deciphered in the background. Kenneth Koch’s reading features particularly distracting interruptions.

Reading at the Folio Bookstore, Washington D.C., November 12, 1976

  1. Introduction (1:20): MP3
  2. The Morgan Library (1:55): MP3
  3. The Works of Li Po (0:55): MP3
  4. Swinburne: End of the Century (3:22): MP3
  5. The German Book of Verse (0:40): MP3
  6. Australia (2:04): MP3
  7. A Unique Tour (0:57): MP3
  8. On the Moon (4:09): MP3
  9. Addenda (2:19): MP3
  10. On His Name (1:22): MP3
  11. Starry Night (1:35): MP3
  12. Nearing Christmas (5:21): MP3
  13. Rhapsodic Fragments in Islip (2:44): MP3
  14. For Rachel (0:47): MP3
  15. The Sea and the Wind (2:31): MP3
Complete reading (32:20): MP3

Reading at Chumley's, New York City, April 17, 1976

  1. Introduction (1:39): MP3
  2. Starry Night (2:10): MP3
  3. Poem (I ask myself...) (1:26): MP3
  4. On the Moon (4:17): MP3
  5. Quotes (1:59): MP3
  6. Poem (for Frank Lima) (2:46): MP3
  7. Notes on Velasquez (1:01): MP3
  8. The Country Life (4:14): MP3
  9. Voice, 1968 (2:00): MP3
  10. Painting the Eaves (2:23): MP3
  11. Addenda (2:04): MP3
Complete recording (26:34): MP3

Reading at Dr. Generosity's, New York City, January 31, 1976

  1. The Morgan Library (1:38): MP3
  2. New York Letters (1:27): MP3
  3. Poem (I ask myself why I drink...) (1:03): MP3
  4. For Rachel (0:44): MP3
  5. Nearing Christmas (5:15): MP3
  6. A Note to Sylvia Plath (0:36): MP3
  7. Lines Written in New York and at Kenoza Lake (2:29): MP3
  8. I Am the Friend of South America (0:29): MP3
  9. Idyllic Scene (early version) (1:11): MP3
  10. Starry Night (early version) (1:49): MP3
  11. Australia (early version) (1:51): MP3
  12. Painting the Eaves (1:18): MP3
  13. After Lorca (0:32): MP3
Complete reading (22:46): MP3

Reading at Chumley's, New York City, January 4, 1975

  1. Swinburne: End of the Century (3:33): MP3
  2. Comme l'on Voit de Loin Sur la Mer Courroucée (0:49): MP3
  3. Addenda (2:09): MP3
  4. For Rachel (0:39): MP3
  5. The Temple of Fame (2:12): MP3
  6. On His Name (0:37): MP3
  7. On the Moon (4:10): MP3
  8. A Note to Charles North (5:17): MP3
  9. Autobiography [partial recording] (23:07): MP3
Complete recording (50:41): MP3

Reading at Dr. Generosity's, New York City, January 26, 1974

  1. Swinburne: End of the Century (earlier version) (4:09): MP3
  2. A Unique Tour (0:49): MP3
  3. Portraits (earlier version) (1:23): MP3
  4. Nearing Christmas (5:19): MP3
  5. June. Ode to His Mistress. (Pierre de Ronsard) (1:02): MP3
  6. Poem (I ask myself why I drink...) (1:10): MP3
  7. On the Moon [partial recording] (2:02): MP3
  8. Brown Bread (0:23): MP3
  9. Vacations (6:14): MP3
  10. Addenda (2:05): MP3
  11. A Note to Charles North [partial recording] (3:36): MP3
Complete recording (29:11): MP3

Reading at the Katonah Public Library, February 11, 1973

  1. Introduction (1:10): MP3
  2. Enchantment (3:44): MP3
  3. Poem (The last idiot elegy...) (1:04): MP3
  4. Poem (An engineer...) (1:05): MP3
  5. The Hotel (0:52): MP3
  6. Daybreak (1:44): MP3
  7. Euphoria (0:59): MP3
  8. George Towle (1:21): MP3
  9. Notes on Velazquez (1:12): MP3
  10. North (1:35): MP3
  11. April 24th (2:03): MP3
  12. The Country Life (3:53): MP3
  13. Poem (The lead drains...) (1:16): MP3
  14. Poem (for Frank Lima) (1:38): MP3
  15. Voice, 1968 (1:34): MP3
  16. conversation with the audience (3:11): MP3
  17. Poem (An engineer...) (1:05): MP3
  18. The Works of Li Po (1:04): MP3
  19. The German Book of Verse (1:18): MP3
  20. July 2nd (4:45): MP3
  21. Moral Courage (1:47): MP3
  22. January (0:13): MP3
  23. The Sea and the Wind (2:18): MP3
Complete recording (43:28): MP3

Reading "Social Poem" at St. Mark's Poetry Project

  • Complete recording (3:12): MP3

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