Audio Recording William Meredith reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 2, 1979
William Meredith reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 2, 1979
About this Item
Title
- William Meredith reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 2, 1979
Names
- Meredith, William, 1919-2007
- Broderick, John C.
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
- Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- 1979.
Contents
- You, Andrew Marvell / by Archibald MacLeish -- From Love letter from an impossible land: A Kodiack poem -- From Ships and other figures: Transport -- From The open sea and other poems: Notre Dame de Chartres -- From The wreck of the Thresher and other poems: Letter from Mexico / by Tristan Corbière ; William Meredith, translator -- From Earth walk: Reading my poems from World War II -- From Hazard, the painter: The life of the artist in capitalist society (c. 1927) -- After the melt-down -- Homage to Paul Mellon, I.M. Pei, their gallery, and Washington City -- Examples of created systems -- Parents -- REM sleep -- Crossing over -- Dying away -- Memoirs -- The revenant -- Trelawny's dream.
Notes
- - Program introduced by John C. Broderick ; Mr. Meredith introduced by Archibald MacLeish, who reads the poem "Ten-day leave" by Meredith.
- - Recorded Oct. 2, 1979, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
- - 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 : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. + program information ([5] p.)
Call Number/Physical Location
- LWO 15600 R1--LWO 15600 R2
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 91740972
Online Format
- audio