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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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Diane Di Prima, Part 1
Diane Di Prima
October 11, 1973 at Bard College
- 00:00 Interlude: Introduction to the reading
- 01:22 Interlude: Introduction to The New Handbook of Heaven poems
- 02:10 "The Beach" (from The New Handbook of Heaven)
- 03:36 "Lord Jim" (from The New Handbook of Heaven)
- 05:25 Interlude: Missing Book
- 05:41 Interlude: Introduction to "The Joyous" from The Calculus of Variation
- 06:15 Excerpt from "The Joyous" (from The Calculus of Variation)
- 13:20 "Elegy 1939"
- 13:43 "Pink Angels, circa 1945"
- 14:01 "Women, Wind, and Window 1950"
- 14:31 "Excavation 1950"
- 15:21 "Woman I 1950-1952"
- 15:49 "Door to the River 1960"
- 16:42 "Revolutionary Letter #49" from Revolutionary Letters
- 20:52 Interlude: Missing Poems & Introduction to "Ave"
- 22:34 "Ave" from Loba
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Diane Di Prima, Part 2
Diane Di Prima
October 11, 1973
- 00:17 Interlude: Introduction to "Loba (She-Wolf)"
- 02:20 Excerpt from "Loba (She-Wolf)" from Loba
