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Audio Recording Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 18, 1968

Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 18, 1968

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Title

  • Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 18, 1968

Names

  • Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970
  • Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent), 1911-1985
  • Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1968.

Contents

  • Mr. Cunningham reads: From The exclusions of a rhyme, poems and epigrams: Montana pastoral -- From To what strangers, what welcome, a sequence of short poems: 1. I drive westward. Tumble and loco weed. ; 2. On either side of the white line ; 4. You have here no otherness ; 8. The night is still. The unfailing surf ; 11. I drive eastward. The ethics of return ; 12. Absence, my angel, presence at my side ; 14. I write only to say this ; 15. Identity, that spectator -- From Some salt: Prue loved her man: to clean, to mend ; Cocktails at six suburban revelry ; An Oedipean mom and dad ; I, too, have been to the Huntington ; Illusion and delusion are that real ; Old love is old resentment, novelty ; Towards Tucson (In this attractive desolation) ; Monday morning ; Consolatio nova ; Think --
  • Miss Bogan reads: From Body of this death: Women -- From Collected poems: 1923-1953: Animal, vegetable and mineral -- From Poems and new poems: The dream ; To be sung on the water ; Cartography ; Come, sleep ; Zone -- From the blue estuaries: poems 1923-1968: Psychiatrist's song -- From Collected poems: 1923-1953: Song for the last act -- Discussion -- Mr. Cunningham reads: From The exclusions of a ryhme: Epigrams: A journal, no. 11, When I shall be without regret.

Notes

  • -  William Jay Smith introduces the poets and moderates the discussion.
  • -  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.
  • -  Literary recording, rev., enl. ed., p. 24-25.

Medium

  • 2 sound tape reels (ca. 72 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 5504

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95770397

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Bogan, Louise, J. V Cunningham, William Jay Smith, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1968. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/95770397/.

APA citation style:

Bogan, L., Cunningham, J. V., Smith, W. J., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1968) Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95770397/.

MLA citation style:

Bogan, Louise, et al. Louise Bogan and J.V. Cunningham reading and discussing their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1968. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/95770397/>.