Audio Recording William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 1, 1969

Title

• William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 1, 1969

Summary

• Winter morning: Hull Bay, Saint Thomas -- From Poems: 3 to 25 ; O love, O love, these oceans vast -- From Poems, 1947-1957: The girl in glass -- Morning at Arnhem: The park in Milan ; Persian miniature ; Vincent van Gogh ; Marine ; Dream ; Lachrymae Christi ; Still life ; For a deaf Angora cat -- Lines written on hearing that the Mona Lisa enroute from Washington to New York had passed Whistler's Mother enroute from New York to Atlanta somewhere along the new Jersey Turnpike -- Has-been honey -- Proper Bostonians -- The sand-papered hornbill -- From The tin can and other poems: Bay-breasted barge bird -- Group of clerihews: Paul Valéry ; Andŕe Gide ; Louise de la Ramée ; Gertrude Stein -- Graphic art--a cautionary tale -- From Poems, 1947-1957: Rear vision ; Interior -- From Tin can and other poems: Slave bracelets -- What train will come?

Names

• Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Created / Published

• 1969.

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.
• -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 231.
• -  Introduced by Roy P. Basler.

Medium

• 1 sound tape reel (58 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

• LWO 5865

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.94838914

Library of Congress Control Number

• 94838914

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/94838914

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