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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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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Readings by Robert Kelly and Ann Lauterbach
Robert Kelly and Ann Lauterbach
This reading was part of the John Ashbery Poetry Series that ran from approximately 1995 to 2007 and brought leading contemporary poets to Bard for readings and discussion.
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William Kerrigan: Whores & Virgins in Shakespeare
William Kerrigan
Lecture from the series "Feminism and Deconstruction" March 3rd, 1987
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Students: Stuart Krinko, Ben Danale and Katie W.D.
Stuart Krinko, Ben Danale, and Katie W.D.
February 23rd, 2001
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Readings by Stuart Krinko and Drew Gardner
Stuart Krinko and Drew Gordner
This reading was part of the John Ashbery Poetry Series that ran from approximately 1995 to 2007 and brought leading contemporary poets to Bard for readings and discussion.
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Ellen Lambert: Talking About Beauty
Ellen Lambert
"Heroine Portraiture in the Western Literary Tradition". Lecture from series "Feminism and Deconstruction" April 21st, 1987 at Kline Commons
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Readings by Ann Lauterbach and Michael Palmer
Ann Lauterbach and Michael Palmer
Introduced by Michael Ives. This reading was part of the John Ashbery Poetry Series that ran from approximately 1995 to 2007 and brought leading contemporary poets to Bard for readings and discussion.
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Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
A speech delivered outside Albee Hall, March 4, 1968. The bulk of the lecture involves Leary's beliefs about marijuana and LSD use, societal fears about kids "turning on and waking up," and rumors invented by the government about recreational drug use. He tells the audience they're going to have to "drop out or cop out...drop out is an internal personal decision...your posture, your inner-stance...detaching from anything meaningless...or that would lead you to continue as a replaceable part."
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Tom MacIntyre Reading Fiction and Poetry
Tom MacIntyre
February 23rd, 1983 in the Towbin Poetry Room
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Samuel Menashe Reading His Poetry
Samuel Menashe
March 17th, 1987 at Kline Commons. Samuel Menashe taught literature at Bard in the 1950's and 60's.
