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.
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Readings by Peter Lamborn Wilson and David Levi Strauss at Bard Hall
David Levi Strauss and Peter Lamborn Wilson
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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Tandy Sturgeon
Tandy Sturgeon
Reading given by Tandy Sturgeon at Bard College on May 21, 1976. Recorded in the Towbin Poetry Room, 7:00pm.
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Nathaniel Tarn
Nathaniel Tarn
Reading given by Nathaniel Tarn at Bard College on May 15, 1974, in the Poetry Room. Selections include poems from his collection ‘Lyrics For The Bride Of God.’
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Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski
Reading given by Diane Wakoski at Bard College, October 25, 1975. Recorded in the Kline Commons (large room). First Towbin Poetry Festival.
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Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski
Reading given by Diane Wakoski at Bard College on December 10, 1973. Recorded in the Towbin Poetry Room.
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Judith Walcutt
Judith Walcutt
Reading given by Judith Walcutt at Bard College, April 15, 1976, in the Towbin Poetry Room.
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Roseanne Wasserman
Roseanne Wasserman and John Ashbery
November 12th, 1993 Introduced by John Ashbery
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WBAI Poetry Broadcasts - 1961
99.5 WBAI
Recorded broadcasts from 99.5 WBAI:
Side I, Left Track: Undated. Poems by:
Ed Dorn (‘Sousa’)
Paul Carroll (‘Father’)
John Logan (‘N.Y. Scene’)
Judson Jerome (‘Cages’)
Charles Tomlinson (2 poems)
Robert Duncan (‘Pindar’)
Reading and interview with Allen Ginsberg
Side I, Right Track:
Reading and interview with Robert Creeley (July 18, 1961)
Reading by Paul Blackburn (August 4, 1961)
Reading by Robert Kelly (July 29, 1961)
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Benefit for 'El Corno Emplumado'
Norman Weinstein
Benefit reading for El Corno Emplumado (‘The Feathered Horn’) literary magazine on March 6, 1969. Procter Art Center, 9:00pm. Benefit hosted and introduced by Norman Weinstein; with readings by Norman Weinstein, Pierre Joris, Bruce McClelland, Joel Miller, James Gardner, Steve Kushner, a person identified only as “Gary,” Dr. Richard Clark, Robert Kelly, Peter Boffey, John Jule, Francios Cailliarec, “Murph,” and Rita Krause.
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Norman Weinstein and James Garner
Norman Weinstein and James Garner
An evening of readings by James Garner & Norman Weinstein, with an introduction by Steve Kushner. Bard College, April 3, 1969.
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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
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 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
Reading given by Jonathan Williams at Bard College on October 21, 1968. Recorded in Albee Social, 9:00pm.
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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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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.’
