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Barbara Grossman
Barbara Grossman
Senior Project poetry / prose reading by Bard student Barbara Grossman, April 18th, 1973 at the South Hall Social. She presents a mix of prose and poetry exploring dreams, literature, and personal experiences. The works progress from early dream-inspired pieces to more complex explorations of memory and imagery.
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Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell reading his own poetry. Bard Hall, 11/29/1973. Lowell shares poems from various collections, explains their contexts, and reflects on his writing process. The session concludes with a Q&A where Lowell addresses audience questions about his poetry.
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Paul Metcalf
Paul Metcalf
A reading by Paul Metcalf at Bard College, November 15, 1973, in the Towbin Poetry Room, 8:30pm. Metcalf reads excerpts from his works, including "Genoa" and "Patagonia," which blend historical facts, geography, and literary references. Metcalf discusses his writing process, literary influences, and experiences traveling in South America, followed by audience interactions.
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Hugh Seidman
Hugh Seidman
Reading given by Hugh Seidman at Bard College, April 5, 1973. Recorded at the Albee Social. Seidman shares poems covering themes of love, anger, war, and personal experiences, while providing context for his writing process.
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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. The novel explores themes of revolution, individual action, and the aftermath of upheaval. The discussion covers the novel's historical inspiration, character development, and the author's creative process.
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Ted Enslin
Theodore Enslin
Readings given by Ted Enslin. At Bard College: February 9, 1971, Tewksbury Lounge. At Cal Tech: Nov. 9, 1971. At Cal Arts: Nov. 11, 1971.
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Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky
Allen Ginsberg performing with Peter Orlovsky, reading poems and playing the harmonium, at Bard College, 2/28/1971. Recorded in the Gymnasium, now The Old Gym. The content touches on themes of spirituality, politics, social issues, and personal experiences, often in abstract or surreal language.
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Richard Grabel
Richard Grabel
Reading by Richard Grabel at Bard College, December 1970. Recorded in Albee; with Michael Rivlin and Billy Steinberg. This recording presents a poetic, spiritual exploration of Native American themes, blending peyote rituals, nature imagery, and philosophical musings. It touches on tribal unity, sacred ceremonies, and the intersection of indigenous and modern cultures, culminating in brief poems about love and spirituality.
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Pierre Joris
Pierre Joris
Pierre Joris reading his own work at Bard College. Recorded at Albee Social, 10/6/1970.
This tape cuts off after the reel-to-reel machine was evidently knocked over. The box containing the tape itself also housed a program for a recital by Rabbi Avraham Soltes and J. Clifford Welsh, entitled “Jewish Music from Ancient Palestine to Israel Reborn.” There is no evidence of this recital actually being recorded on this tape.
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Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly
Poet Robert Kelly reading his own poetry. Tewkesbury Hall, Bard College 12/03/1970. Kelly recites and discusses various original poems, touching on themes of love, nature, mythology, and personal experiences. The reading includes explanations of poetic techniques and inspirations behind certain works.
The tape speed is abruptly switched at about 00:03:15. Pitch correction attempted.
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Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly reading his own poems. Bard College, 03/05/1970.
This recording features a lecture on imagination by Robert Kelly. He discusses the failures of human endeavors, critiques education and society, and argues that passive imagination poisons us. Kelly emphasizes the importance of active, creative imagination in transforming inherited knowledge into personal understanding
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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 while focusing on works inspired by Jewish culture, Eastern European history, and Native American traditions.
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Harvey Bialy and John Gorham
John Gorham and Harvey Bialy
Harvey Bialy and John Gorham reading at the “Red Balloon” on March 31, 1966.
