1960s Audio Programs
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The Poetry Center's 1960s collection represents the transition with the new decade from the era of founding director Ruth Witt-Diamant, with Robert Duncan her assistant, to the emergence of many younger poets destined to become prominent. Striking highlights are several symposia, e.g., James Baldwin on the role of the writer; memorials for Robert Frost, Theodore Roethke, and Robinson Jeffers; LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) and friends on his groundbreaking new work Blues People; a raucous panel on "Poetry and Censorship" (photo here) focused on Lenore Kandel's The Love Book and Michael McClure’s (more)
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The Poetry Center presents Helen Adam reading from her poetry, and songs from her ballad opera San Francisco's...
Date: 05/05/1964
The Poetry Center presents James Baldwin, speaking and in discussion with Philip Roth and John Cheever, the final event...
Date: 10/22/1960
The Poetry Center presents Robin Blaser, reading from his own poetry and the works of his late friend and fellow poet...
Date: 3/9/1967
The Poetry Center presents Robert Bly, reading from his original poetry, subsequently published in his first book,...
Date: 10/25/1961
The Poetry Center presents Bengali poet Buddhadeva Bose reading poetry in English translation from among other works his...
Date: 04/06/1965
The Poetry Center presents Kay Boyle, at the time on the San Francisco State University faculty in English, reading from...
Date: 04/01/1964
The Poetry Center presents Richard Brautigan and Floyd Salas, reading from their own works.
Date: 02/28/1968
The Poetry Center presents James Broughton reading from his poetry and songs, with a performance by singer Anna Carol...
Date: 11/23/1960
The Poetry Center presents James Broughton reading his poems with Joel Andrews performing instrumental accompaniment on...
Date: 03/02/1965
The Poetry Center presents Bill Brown reading from his novel, The Way to the Uncle Sam Hotel and James Koller reading...
Date: 10/18/1967
The Poetry Center presents Spanish poet Luis Cernuda reading a selection of his poems in the original Spanish; a speaker...
Date: 12/06/1961
Shortly following the 1968 release of his book Soul on Ice , and during a time of civil unrest and riots in more than...
Date: 10/09/1968
The Poetry Center presents Henri Coulette reading early excerpts from The War of the Secret Agents, The Attic, and other...
Date: 04/19/1960
The Poetry Center presents Robert Creeley reading poems from his book Words, as well as a long prose piece titled The...
Date: 03/16/1966
The Poetry Center presents Guy Davis, Shirley Kaufman and Daniel Moore reading their poetry, in the Poetry Center's...
Date: 10/22/1963
The Poetry Center presents Diane di Prima, accompanied by musician John Braden, reading from plays and poems.
Date: 04/24/1968
The Poetry Center presents Richard Eberhart reading his poetry.
Date: 03/17/1960
The Poetry Center presents Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn reading from their works.
Date: 04/11/1969
The Poetry Center presents Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading from his selected works.
Date: 10/04/1961
The Poetry Center presents Kathleen Fraser and Jack Marshall reading their poems.
Date: 04/29/1968
The Poetry Center and San Francisco Public Library present Richard Eberhart delivering a memorial lecture on Robert Frost...
Date: 10/28/1964
The Poetry Center presents Jack Gilbert reading from Views of Jeopardy among other poems.
Date: 09/25/1962
The Poetry Center presents Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke reading from their works.
Date: 02/07/1967
John Haines reads a selection of his poetry including poems from his book Winter News .
Date: 04/10/1967
Michael Hamburger reads original poems and his translations of German poets.
Date: 02/15/1967
Michael S. Harper reads poetry from his first book Dear John, Dear Coltrane among other work.
Date: 12/03/1969
The Poetry Center presents a Jazz Symposium on Blues People, featuring LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka), Philip Elwood,...
Date: 03/04/1965
The Poetry Center, in association with the Contemporary Arts Festival, presents novelists John Hawkes, Herbert Kubly, and...
Date: 03/12/1965
The Poetry Center presents LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka) reading poems from The Dead Lecturer , Sabotage , Target...
Date: 03/04/1965
The Poetry Center presents Galway Kinnell reading various works by other poets and selections from his second book,...
Date: 11/15/1965
The Poetry Center presents Carolyn Kizer reading other poets' works as well as her own poems and Classical Chinese...
Date: 02/27/1967
The Poetry Center presents Joanne Kyger and David Meltzer reading their poems.
Date: October 23, 1968
Philip Levine reads poems from his book, On the Edge
Date: 02/20/1962
Mark Linenthal, co-director of The Poetry Center, presents a lecture on trends and directions in contemporary American...
Date: 05/30/1965
The Poetry Center presents Lynn Lonidier and Bill Deemer reading from their works.
Date: 10/19/1965