Diane di Prima and Kathleen Fraser: June 21, 1974
The Poetry Center presents Diane di Prima and Kathleen Fraser, each reading from their work, following introductions by one another, on this Summer Solstice occasion. Fraser, at the time director of The Poetry Center, introduces di Prima, noting among her bibliography the autobiographical work-in-progress Recollections of My Life As a Woman, that would be published decades later, by Viking in 2001. di Prima reads from Dinners and Nightmares (Corinth Books, 1974), from her continuing long poem, Loba (Loba: Part 1 had come out from Capra Press the prior year, in 1973; she also reads new parts), and from her ongoing work, Revolutionary Letters, parts of which had been appearing since the late 1960s, with the City Lights Press Pocket Poets edition new in 1971. In her introduction of Fraser, di Prima notes they've known each other since meeting in New York City "in the Village" among the poets. Fraser reads from her books Change of Address (Kayak Books, 1966) and What I Want (Harper & Rowe, 1974), and from a number of smaller publications, introducing and commenting on her poems and her life trajectory throughout. She concludes by reading from unpublished work-in-progress.
Note: The recording begins and ends abruptly. Marked variations of contrast in this early color video appear to be due to the camera responding to shifts in the relative foreground color and light (e.g., di Prima's dark garment yields a lighter-colored background than Fraser's light-colored dress does).
- Publisher
- American Poetry Archives
- Location
- The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University
- Date
- 1974-06-21
- Event Run Time
- 01:49:54
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