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Audio Recording Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Mar. 22, 1976

Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Mar. 22, 1976

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Title

  • Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Mar. 22, 1976

Names

  • Bly, Robert
  • Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
  • Hazo, Samuel, 1928-
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Created / Published

  • 1976.

Contents

  • Discussion, during which Mr. Bly reads: I think I could live with animals ; Night lights ; Translations of two poems by Rūmī -- Mr. Hazo reads: From The quiet wars: Preface to a poetry reading ; From Blood rights: To a commencement of scoundrels -- Mr. Bly reads: In the three persons of Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.
  • Mr. Bly reads: From The fish in the sea is not thirsty ("Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains") / by Kabir ; Robert Bly, translator -- From Silence in the snowy fields: On the ferry across Chesapeake Bay ; Poem in three parts -- From The light around the body: At a march against the Vietnam War ; Counting small-boned bodies -- From Jumping out of bed: Like the new moon I will live my life ; Thinking of the autumn fields -- From Sleepers joining hands: Six winter privacy poems ; Condition of the working classes: 1970 -- From The morning glory: Looking at a dead wren in my hand ; The dead seal near McClure's Beach -- A letter from a girl killed in the camps -- Coming in for supper --
  • Mr. Hazo reads: From Quartered: The first and only sailing ; On the Metroliner I remember that to be is to remember ; Toasts for the lost lieutenants -- From Once for the last bandit: My Roosevelt coupé -- From Quartered: Anticipating yesterday, remembering tomorrow -- The next time you were there -- Waiting for zero -- Mattering -- From The quiet wars: Carol of a father --

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.
  • -  Stanley Kunitz introduces the poets and moderates the discussion.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 125 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program notes with contents ([4] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 8938

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91740792

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Bly, Robert, Stanley Kunitz, Samuel Hazo, Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature, and Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund. Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1976. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/91740792/.

APA citation style:

Bly, R., Kunitz, S., Hazo, S., Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature & Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund. (1976) Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91740792/.

MLA citation style:

Bly, Robert, et al. Robert Bly and Samuel John Hazo reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1976. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91740792/>.