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Audio Recording Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Jan. 26, 1981

Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Jan. 26, 1981

About this Item

Title

  • Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Jan. 26, 1981

Names

  • Kumin, Maxine, 1925-2014
  • Broderick, John C.
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1981.

Contents

  • From Halfway: Fräulein reads instructive rhymes ; Casablanca -- From Up country: A hundred nights ; The vealers ; Watering trough ; Morning swim ; The hermit wakes to bird sounds ; January 25th -- From House, bridge, fountain, gate: The deaths of the uncles ; Song for seven parts of the body ; Living alone with Jesus ; Heaven as anus ; Amanda dreams she has died and gone to the Elysian Fields ; The summer of the Watergate hearings -- From The retrieval system: The retrieval system ; My father's neckties ; Splitting wood at six above ; Body and soul: a meditation ; In April, in Princeton ; July, against hunger -- Family reunion -- In a pea patch -- Our ground time here will be brief -- From The retrieval system: Birthday poem -- Feeding time.

Notes

  • -  Associate Librarian of Congress John C. Broderick introduces Ms. Kumin.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.

Medium

  • 2 sound tape reels (70 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program notes with contents ([5] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RWA 337-338

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91740502

Online Format

  • audio

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Kumin, Maxine, John C Broderick, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1981. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/91740502/.

APA citation style:

Kumin, M., Broderick, J. C., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1981) Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91740502/.

MLA citation style:

Kumin, Maxine, et al. Maxine Kumin, Consultant in Poetry, reading her poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1981. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91740502/>.