Date

4-23-1969

Streaming Media

Length

1 hour 10 minutes

Original Description

Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society and the New University Conference.

Notes

This recording contains readings from poets Jon Anderson, Robert Bly, Robert Sund, and Allen Ginsberg.

Anderson reads his poems "The Parachutist" and "Thumbs Up." Bly reads works from Russell Edson and Bill Knott, and his own poems "Counting Small-Boned Bodies," "Johnson's Cabinet Watched by Ants," and "Hatred of Men with Black Hair." Sund reads Pablo Neruda's "Ode to the Table" and his own poems "Sleeping in Winter" and "The Patriarch to Pera in a Dream."

Allen Ginsberg reads his poems "This Form of Life Needs Sex," "Wales Visitation," and "To Poe," and concludes with a sung recitation of poems from William Blake's Songs of Experience and the Hindi chant "Raghupati raghava rajaram."

The event was sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society and the New University Conference.

Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.

Subjects

Poetry, Allen Ginsberg -- 1926-1997

Original Format

Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, dual track

Rights

This performance of Allen Ginsberg is made available with the generous permission of the Allen Ginsberg Estate for educational and non-commercial use only. It cannot be reproduced in any form, distributed or played for commercial purposes. All inquiries regarding reproduction, licensing, or distribution of Allen Ginsberg’s work must be directed to the Allen Ginsberg Estate.

This digital access copy is made available as streaming media for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. It cannot be reproduced in any form, distributed or played for commercial purposes. It is made accessible because of one or more of the following situations: the rights are owned by State Board of Higher Education, on behalf of Portland State University; Portland State University has permission to make it accessible; it is made accessible for education and research purposes under fair use; or there are no known restrictions on use. In the event that previously unknown information is shared that may change the status of this item, it will be immediately removed from public view until pertinent rights issues are clarified.

Description

Transcript added August 3, 2021.

PSU Library Special Collections and University Archives presents these recordings as part of the historical record. They reflect the recollections and opinions of the individual speakers and are not intended to be representative of the views of Portland State University. They may contain language, ideas, or stereotypes that are offensive to others.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11553

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