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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Theodore Weiss
Theodore Weiss
Reading given by Theodore Weiss at Bard College, March 8, 1967. Recorded in Albee Social, 8:30pm.
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Theodore Weiss
Theodore Weiss
Theodore Weiss giving a reading at Bard College, 1969. Audio quality poor
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Theodore Weiss
Theodore Weiss
Theodore Weiss taught at Bard from 1946 to 1966. He then accepted a position as Poet in Residence at Princeton, where he remained until 1987. This recorded reading takes place during a return visit to Bard, probably spring semester of 1976 (he says it's been 10 years). The poet discusses being reminded of Princeton upon returning to Bard, and relates a funny story about a group of Princeton students getting in trouble for playing volleyball in the nude. Weiss introduces each piece in elaborate detail. Titles included in this recording are: 1. Preface 2. Into Summer 3. The Fire at Alexandria 4. House of Fire 5. Moral 6. On Stuffing a Goose 7. The Life Of... 8. The Ultimate Anti-Entropy 9. Far Out Far In 10. This Letter 11. The Way it Works Out 12. A Gothic Tale.
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Marjorie Welish: Casting Sequences
Marjorie Welish and John Ashbery
Reading from "Casting Sequences" and new work introduced by John Ashbery
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Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams
Audio of a slideshow of photos of poets’ homes and graves presented by Jonathan Williams at Bard College, March 31, 1969.
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Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams
Reading given by Jonathan Williams at Bard College on October 21, 1968. Recorded in Albee Social, 9:00pm.
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William Wilson
William Wilson
Senior Project reading by William Wilson at Bard College, My 17, 1976. Recorded in the Towbin Poetry Room, 8pm. Reading from ‘Memoir From The Coast Of Dollars and Human Honey.’
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Judy Wolcutt
Judith Wolcutt
Senior Project reading by Judy Wolcutt at Bard College on May 13, 1974. Recorded in South Hall, 7:00pm.
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John Yau
John Yau
Poetry reading given by John Yau at Bard College on November 6, 1974. Recorded in South Hall Social.
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John Yau
John Yau
Poetry reading given by John Yau at Bard College on May 20, 1976. Recorded in the Towbin Poetry Room, 9:00pm.
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John Zuill and Elio Schneeman
John Zuill and Elio Schneeman
Poetry readings given by John Zuill (00:00-27:54) and Elio Schneeman (27:55-46:42) at Bard College on February 12, 1981.