Audio Recording Robert Huff reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, Nov. 29, 1977

Title

• Robert Huff reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, Nov. 29, 1977

Summary

• Mr. Huff reads twenty-seven poems from his collection, The ventriloquist, as well as five other poems: Blue, Hen, Trio, Ushers, and Documentary.

Names

• Huff, Robert, 1924-1993
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 1977.

Contents

• Blue: a bombing misson over Germany, April 30, 1943 (from Colonel Johnson's ride) -- Hen (from The course) -- The ventriloquist -- The runaways -- Trio -- For a friend who does not write from a hospital in Toledo, Ohio -- Watching my son watch Botticelli -- Ushers -- To a violet -- Apartment -- St. Patrick's Day 1974 -- Cold weather for Valentine for you and Germaine Greer -- Codicil -- Documentary -- Medicine man -- An Easter card for Tennessee -- September 1966 -- The poet as W.C. Fields observes a new face in the audience, May 14, 1970 -- A story for Cynthia Brookings on the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, 1968 -- My mother's joke -- Three reels -- Rainbow -- The dying dentist -- Firefighter -- The smoker -- Brahman -- Ste. Anne Beaupré -- Catlin's because -- Getting drunk with daughter -- On the death of Theodore Roethke -- Now.

Notes

• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
• -  Recorded Nov. 29, 1977, in Studio B, Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress.

Medium

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

Call Number/Physical Location

• LWO 9839

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91741460

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91741460

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91741460

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