Woodberry Poetry Room Oral History Initiative: Charles Olson

Gloucester, MA, October 9, 2010

During the Charles Olson Centennial celebration in Gloucester, in October 9, 2010, a group of Olson’s Massachusetts friends, NYC acquaintances and Black Mountain contemporaries — including Ammiel Alcalay, Peter Anastas, Chuck Stein, Michael Rumaker, Ingeborg Lauterstein and Ed Sanders — congregated in a local café and communed about the Maximus poet with the staff of the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University.

1. Ammiel Alcalay (2:13): MP3
2. Peter Anastas (4:50): MP3
3. Chuck Stein (13:16): MP3
4. Michael Rumaker (10:06): MP3
5. Ingeborg Lauterstein (17:37): MP3
6. Ed Sanders (2:36): MP3

Chuck Stein greets Ingeborg Lauterstein.

Ammiel Alcalay at the Charles Olson Centennial.

Ammiel Alcalay, Peter Anastas and friends chat at the end of the Oral History session.

This recording comes to PennSound courtesy of Christina Davis, Curator of the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2010 Ammiel Alcalay, Peter Anastas, Chuck Stein, Ingeborg Lauterstein and Ed Sanders. Used with the permission of the respective authors. Distributed by PennSound.