Michael Ondaatje: October 29, 1983
The Poetry Center presents Michael Ondaatje, visiting the Bay Area from his home in Toronto, Canada, in a reading at New College of California, San Francisco. Ondaatje reads a wide selection of poems, many of which would have been available in There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963–1978 (W.W. Norton, 1979) and in his subsequent collection, Secular Love (Coach House Press, 1984; Norton, 1985). Additionally, he reads a selection of passages from his then recent memoir, Running in the Family (W.W. Norton, 1982). The poet is introduced by Jim Hartz, director of The Poetry Center, for a program copresented by the New College Poetics Program and The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University.
- Publisher
- American Poetry Archives
- Location
- New College of California, San Francisco
- Date
- 1983-10-29
- Event Run Time
- 00:46:48
- Contributors
- Jim Hartz
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