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Audio Recording The poet and the mule Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture

The poet and the mule: Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture

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Title

  • The poet and the mule Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture

Summary

  • Poet Maxine Kumin speaks on the similarities between a poet and a mule. She explains how both are thinkers, specialists, and hybrids who endure much. Following her lecture, Ms. Kumin reads nine of her poems.

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

  • 1982.

Headings

  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Introduced by John C. Broderick.
  • -  Recorded May 4, 1982, 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

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RWA 3031

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91741086

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. The poet and the mule Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture. 1982. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/91741086/.

APA citation style:

Kumin, M., Broderick, J. C., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1982) The poet and the mule Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91741086/.

MLA citation style:

Kumin, Maxine, et al. The poet and the mule Maxine Kumin delivering a lecture. 1982. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91741086/>.