Audio Recording Russell Edson and James Laughlin reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 29, 1984

Title

• Russell Edson and James Laughlin reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 29, 1984

Names

• Edson, Russell
• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Created / Published

• 1984.

Contents

• Mr. Edson reads: You -- Sauteeing -- The half-and-half man -- The tunnel -- The nursery -- Darwin descending -- Philosophers -- An old man's son -- Herman's oyster -- The sudden labor -- The wounded breakfast -- On eating of mice -- The rats' legs -- Sheep -- The thickening -- The sculptor -- With sincerest regrets -- Our poor brains -- Pigeons -- The dark side of the moon -- The love affair -- A zoography.
• Mr. Laughlin reads: My muse -- So much depends -- Alba -- No my dear -- From In another country, poems 1935-1975: What the pencil writes ; It does me good -- My old gray sweater -- Two letters on Samos -- J'ayme donc je suis, je souffre mais je vis -- Enthade ten ieron -- The deconstructed man -- Write on my tomb --

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 Reed Whittemore.
• -  New - Copy Command

Medium

• 1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program notes with contents ([4] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• RWA 8149

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91740505

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91740505

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91740505

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