Audio Recording Audre Lorde and Marge Piercy reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Feb. 9, 1982
Audre Lorde and Marge Piercy reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Feb. 9, 1982
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- Title
- Audre Lorde and Marge Piercy reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Feb. 9, 1982
- Contributor Names
- Lorde, Audre.
- Kumin, Maxine, 1925-2014.
- Piercy, Marge.
- Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
- Created / Published
- 1982.
- Contents
- Ms. Lorde reads: From New York Head Shop and Museum: New York City 1970 -- From The black unicorn: Sequelae ; School note ; Death dance for a poet ; Timepiece ; Power -- The spirits of the abnormally born -- Afterimages --
- Ms. Piercy reads: From To be of use: To be of use -- From Living in the open: Unclench yourself -- From Twelve-spoked wheel flashing: The market economy -- The moon is always female: For the young who want to -- Very late July -- What's that smell in the kitchen? -- From The Moon is always female: SAILLE: right to life ; GORT: the perpetual migration ; Attack of the squash people ; FEARN: cresent moon like a canoe -- In which she begs (like everybody else) that love may last -- From Stone, paper, and knife [unpublished at the time of reading]: Stone, paper, knife.
- Notes
- - Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
- - Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- - Introduced by Consultant in Poetry Maxine Kumin.
- Medium
- 2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program notes with contents ([5] p.)
- Call Number/Physical Location
- RWA 2718-2719
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91740486
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 91740486
- Online Format
- audio
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/91740486
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- Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
- Kumin, Maxine
- Lorde, Audre
- Piercy, Marge
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