These audio recordings have been digitized from a collection of cassette and open reel tapes of readings and lectures at Bard over the last 50 years. The collection was initially established with funds provided by the Carter A Towbin Poetry Fund in 1982 and first located in Albee Hall before moving to the Olin Building. Our hope is to use the recordings to help tell the story of Bard as an exuberant place for poetry for more than half a century. We will continue to add to this collection as we are able to migrate our reel to reel tapes to digital format. Currently, all of the cassette tapes are represented in the collection below.
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Richard Ellman
Richard Ellman
Talk given by Richard Ellman at Bard College on May 10, 1967, at Bard Hall. "The Artist as Critic and Criminal" (on Oscar Wilde), John Bard Lecture. Intro by Andrew Wanning.
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Ted Enslin
Theodore Enslin
Readings given by Ted Enslin. At Bard College: February 9, 1971, Tewksbury Lounge. At Cal Tech: Nov. 9, 1971. At Cal Arts: Nov. 11, 1971.
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Clayton Eshleman
Clayton Eshleman
Reading by Clayton Eshleman at Bard College, October 26, 1975. Recorded in Bard Hall. First Towbin Poetry Festival.
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Clayton Eshleman
Clayton Eshleman
Reading given by Clayton Eshleman, November 13, 1968, Albee Social. Caltech.
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Clayton Eshleman
Clayton Eshleman
Reading given by Clayton Eshleman at Bard College on February 25, 1975. Recorded in Bard Hall.
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Angus Fletcher: Menard & The Quixote
Angus Fletcher
Introduction by Prof Grab. November, 1987 in Olin
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Annette "Annie" Gilson '86
Annette Gilson
Annette "Annie" Gilson '86 reading from her senior project.
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Richard Grabel
Richard Grabel
Reading by Richard Grabel at Bard College, December 1970. Recorded in Albee; with Michael Rivlin and Billy Steinberg.
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Peter V. Hohendal: The Politics of Reading
Peter V. Hohendal
Defending the German Literary Tradition. December 1, 1987 in Olin 102
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Barbara Johnson: The Politics of Poetry
Barbara Johnson
Lecture from the series "Feminism and Deconstruction" intro by prof. Rayna Caller. March 11th, 1987 at Kline Commons
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Dedication of the Towbin Poetry Room
Robert Kelly
Dedication of the Carter Towbin Poetry Room on April 6, 1974. Background on the endowment given for the Towbin Room and Prize. Remarks by Robert Bruce, William Wilson, and a reading by Robert Kelly.