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Studio Recording at Black Mountain College, c. 1954
complete reading (11:31): MP3
At San Francisco State University, 1957
From Maximus, vol. 1
1. I,
Maximus of Gloucester, to You [I.1] (4:01)
2. The
Songs of Maximus [I.13-16] 3:11)
3. Maximus,
Letter 7 (Marsden Hartley's eyes) [I:30-38] (5:44)
4. Maximus,
Letter 10 [1:45-51] (3:39)
From Maximus, vol. 2
5. Letter
14 (6:11)
6. Letter
15 (5:12)
7. Maximus,
The Twist (3:40)
8. Second
Century Song (0:30)
9. Anecdotes
of the Late War (0:43)
10. The
Love of Anat (0:34)
11. The
O'Ryan Poems (3:32)
Reading in Boston, June 1962
1. Maximus, to Gloucester (3:05):
MP3
2. So Sassafras (3:33):
MP3
3. Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 27 (2:11): MP3
[TEXT] youtube
4. An Ode on Cape Ann (1:01):
MP3
5. from Maximus IV (1:02):
MP3
6. View (1:44):
MP3
7. Chronicles (1:43):
MP3
8. The Gulf of Maine (3:02):
MP3
9. Maximus, from Dogtown I (6:25):
MP3
10. Going Right Out of the Century (0:50):
MP3
11. Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 15 (4:14):
MP3
12. A Later Note on Letter #15 (1:11):
MP3
13. Letter 41 (1:02):
MP3
14. Maximus, from Dogtown II (3:36):
MP3
15. The Distance (2:03):
MP3
16. The Librarian (2:52):
MP3
17. To Gerhardt, There, Among Europe's Things... (12:52):
MP3
18. In Cold Hell, In Thicket
MP3
19. ABC (0:53):
MP3
20. Letter, May 2nd 1959 (4:13):
MP3
complete reading (1:08:51): MP3
At Goddard College, April 12-14, 1962
Reading and lecture, April 12th: MP3 (1:55:31)Kyle Schlesinger's transcript of the event: PDF
Discussion of Herman Melville, April 14th: MP3 (1:55:31)
These recordings were originally made available to PennSound by Kyle Schlesinger. Special thanks to Goddard College archivist Forest Davis.
At the Vancouver Poetry Festival, August 16, 1963
Complete
Recording (2:45:53)
1. Maximus,
from Dogtown II [II;9-10] (4:18)
2. Maximus,
to himself.as of 'Phoemicians' [II:111] (1:14)
3. Maximus,
to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld] [II-14-15] [1:5-8] (2:14) TEXT / youtube
4. Maximus
further on (December 28th1959) [II:13] (1:11)
5. The
Poem (0:28)
6. River
#1 (1:19)
7. River
#2 (0:46)
8. Okeanos'
dream (1:18)
9. The
South East Wind (1:20)
10. I
Tell You It's cruel (2:34)
11. Three
Poems (1:45)
12. Of
Old Times (2:12)
13. They
said she went out (0:23)
14. A
Maximus (2:08)
15. A
coast is not the same as land (9:59)
16. Maximus
Letter Whatever (2:19)
17. First
Stevens Song (1:22)
18. Upward
Choking on Dogtown (1:17)
19. I
force the calm grey waters (1:08)
20. By
the way into the woods (0:22)
21. The
rock listens to itself (0:42)
22. Later
Tyrian business [II:36] (1:26)
23. For
Robert Duncan who understands (8:48)
24. Further
completion of Platt (3:58)
25. Untitled (1:11)
26. A
prayer (0:37)
27. All
having breakfast (0:59)
28. Gee
Avenue (0:25)
29. Where
is the B. Elery (0:11)
30. Maximus
Written to be a note to myself (about Stevens) (3:01)
31. 23
School and 16 Columbia (2:12)
32. I
stand on Main St. (0:33)
33. Letter
72 (1:46)
34. Descartes
solider in a time of religious wars (0:45)
35. In
the interleaved almanacs of 1646 (1:55)
36. Of
the Parsons (3:33)
37. The
Beginnings (5:38)
38. Maximus
at the Harbour (2:56)
39. 2nd
Century Song (7:10)
40. from "Fort
Point section," Maximus II [II:83ff] (7:40)
41. from
Maximus II, final poems [II:199- 202] (5:33)
42. The
Songs of Maximus [I.13-16] (6:22)
43. Maximus,
to Himself ("I have had to learn the simplest
things / last ..." [I:52-53] (2:26)
44. The
Blue Monster (0:57)
45. The
Lordly & Isolate Satyr (8:38)
46. Le
Bonheur (2:22)
47. The
Charge (2:37)
48. Spring (1:16)
49. As
the Dead Prey Upon Us (10:25)
50. Kingfishers (6:31)
51. Letter
3 ("Tansy buttons ..." [I:9-16] (8:00)
These recordings were originally made available to the
Slought Foundation by Fred Wah. PennSound publication made
with thanks to Slought and with the permission of Fred Wah and
the Olson Estate.
Readings at Berkeley, Buffalo, and Vancouver (date unknown)
1. Introduction (0:56):
MP3
2. John Burke (1:37): MP3
3. The Librarian (3:18): MP3
4. Maximus (5:50): MP3
5. Letter 24 (3:10): MP3
6. Letter 25: A Plantation a Beginning (2:56): MP3
7. Letter 26: Maximus to Gloucester (3:30): MP3
8. Gloucester to Himself (2:23): MP3
9. Songs of Maximus: Song 1 (3:45): MP3
10. Tansy Buttons (5:47): MP3
11. Poem of Spring based on a poem by Rimbaud (5:01): MP3
12. In Cold Hell, In Thicket (8:53): MP3
13. Maximus from Dog Town I (7:01): MP3
Complete Reading (56:35): MP3
(recording courtesy of Ron Silliman)
At Gratwick's Highlands, November 16, 1963
Part 1 (1:37:26)
Part 2 (1:06:57)
(recording courtesy of Robert Creeley)
At Beloit College; March, 1968
Lectures 1-3 (1:57:41): MP3
On Black Mountain (2:06:23): MP3
Readings and Conversations at the Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 12-24, 1965
Casual Mythology (1:05:03): MP3Contemporaries (8:22): MP3
This recording is courtesy of Robert Creeley.
Also of Interest:
In
Cold Hell, In Thicket (8:38) (Unidentified location/date)
Reading
at Beloit
College (50:51) (Unidentified date)
Enyalion (Unidentified date and
location, recording courtesy of Ron Silliman)
Charles Olson on PennSound Daily
- May 27, 2008: "Newly Segmented Charles Olson: Boston 1962"
- November 2, 2007: "Charles Olson's 1962 Reading in Boston"
- October 17, 2007: "Charles Olson's 1957 Reading: SFSU"
These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author's estate. © 2004-2007, The Estate of Charles Olson. Used with permission of the Olson Estate. Distributed by PennSound.