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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Harvey Nosowitz
Harvey Nosowitz
Reading given by Harvey Nosowitz at Bard College, October 3, 1974, in Bard Hall.
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Rochelle Owens
Rochelle Owens
Poetry reading and theater lecture given by Rochelle Owens at Bard College, November 5, 1974, at South Hall Social.
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Mary Poovey: What Should a Woman Want Now?
Mary Poovey
Lecture from the series "Feminism and Deconstruction" April 15th, 1987
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George Quasha
George Quasha
Reading given by George Quasha at Bard College, October 27, 1975. Introduced by Robert Kelly. Recorded in Bard Hall.
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George Quasha
George Quasha
Reading given by George Quasha at Bard College on March 4, 1975. Recorded in Bard Hall.
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Indonesian Poets trans. Burton Raffel
Burton Raffel and Chairil Anwar
Reading and Q&A given by translator Burton Raffel at Bard College on November 23, 1965. Translations of Indonesian Poetry by W.S. Renora and Chairal Anwar.
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Readings by Stephen Ratcliffe and John Ashbery
Stephen Ratcliffe and John Ashbery
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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Reading by Tom Raworth
Tom Raworth
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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Rene Ricard
Rene Ricard
Reading by Rene Ricard at Bard College on November 2, 1982. Recorded in the Albee Social.
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Elizabeth Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Reading given by Elizabeth Robinson at Bard College, April 16, 1986.
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Elizabeth Robinson and Lenny Schwarz
Elizabeth Robinson and Lenny Schwarz
Readings given by Bard Students Elizabeth Robinson and Lenny Schwarz, December 6, 1983. Mr. Schwarz indicates that his poems are taken from his senior project in poetry.
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Janet Rodney and Nathaniel Tarn
Janet Rodney and Nathaniel Tarn
Reading given by Janet Rodney and Nathaniel Tarn from their joint collection, Alashka. Bard College, February 27, 1976. Recorded in Bard Hall. Introduced by Robert Kelly.
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Jerome Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg
Reading given by Jerome Rothenberg at Bard College on May 1, 1970. Containing original work, translations, and transcriptions of sound-poems.
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Raphael Rudnik
Raphael Rudnik
Reading given by Raphael Rudnik at Bard College, December 3, 1975. Recorded at Ward Manor, 8:00pm.
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Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Schjeldahl
Reading given by Peter Schjeldahl at Bard College, October 1974. Recorded in the Procter Art Center.
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Armand Schwerner
Armand Schwerner
Reading given by Armand Schwerner on October 21, 1975. Introduction by Robert Kelly. Recorded in the Towbin Poetry Room.
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Hugh Seidman
Hugh Seidman
Reading given by Hugh Seidman at Bard College, April 5, 1973. Recorded at the Albee Social.
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Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle in conversation about her 1973 novel Prisons. Recorded in the Poetry Room, December 5, 1973.
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Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle
Reading given by Mary Lee Settle from her then-forthcoming novel Blood Ties. Recorded November 5, 1975 in Brook House.