USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series 1965–66

The NET Outtakes Series was produced by The Poetry Center American Poetry Archives staff in the late 1970s. The videos are composed of outtakes from the series USA: Poetry, produced in 1965–66 for National Educational Television by Richard O. Moore and the film unit at KQED-TV, San Francisco. Videos in the Outtakes Series preserve in actual shooting sequence all retrievable footage not used in the original 15-minute USA: Poetry television broadcasts. Footage was shot on 16-mm film in the poets’ home environment or settings of their choosing. The television (more)

John Ashbery — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 4 & 6, 1966

The Poetry Center presents John Ashbery, reading and speaking of his poetry and poetics, and together with painter Jane...

Date: 1966-03-04

Robert Creeley — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: 1966

The Poetry Center presents Robert Creeley, reading from his poems and commenting on his poetry and poetics, in response...

Date: 1966-XX-XX

Robert Duncan — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: November 2, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Robert Duncan, writing and working with recent poems, from his "Passages"...

Date: 1965-11-02

Brother Antoninus (a.k.a. William Everson) — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: January 25, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Brother Antoninus (a.k.a. Willilam Everson), at the time a "lay brother" in the...

Date: 1966-01-25

Lawrence Ferlinghetti — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: December 13, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Lawrence Ferlinghetti, at City Lights Bookstore and publishers (Ferlinghetti co-founded the...

Date: 1965-12-13

Allen Ginsberg, Part 1 — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July 18, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Allen Ginsberg, reading his poetry and talking on contemporary politics and poetics with Neal...

Date: 1965-07-18

Allen Ginsberg, Part 2 — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: December 14, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Allen Ginsberg, going about daily life at his apartment in the Mission district of San...

Date: 1965-12-14

Kenneth Koch — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 2 & 3, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Kenneth Koch, speaking of his life and work, in response to questions from poet-filmmaker...

Date: 1966-03-03

Denise Levertov — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 20, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Denise Levertov, speaking of the nature of her work and reading from her poems, with her...

Date: 1966-03-20

Michael McClure — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: January 26–27, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Michael McClure, reading from his poetry and prose, and talking with filmmaker and poet...

Date: 1966-01-26

Frank O'Hara — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 5, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Frank O'Hara, reading from his poetry and talking on his work with filmmaker/poet Richard...

Date: 1966-03-05

Charles Olson, Part 1 — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 12 & 13, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Charles Olson, speaking of his life and work and reading from poems included in The Distances...

Date: 1966-03-12

Charles Olson, Part 2 — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July 24, 1965 and March 12–13, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Charles Olson with Edward Dorn, speaking outdoors during the July 1965 Berkeley Poetry...

Date: 1965-07-24

Ed Sanders — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 18, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Ed Sanders, reading from his poetry — excerpts from  Poem from Jail  (City...

Date: 1966-03-18

Anne Sexton — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 10, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Anne Sexton, reading her poetry and talking with poet/filmmaker Richard O. Moore about her...

Date: 1966-03-10

Gary Snyder — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Gary Snyder, filmed at the July 1965 Berkeley Poetry Conference, and then reading from his...

Date: 1965-07-XX

Philip Whalen — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes: November 10, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Philip Whalen, reading and talking in regards to his poetics, and considering among other...

Date: 1965-11-10

John Wieners — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July, 1965

The Poetry Center presents John Wieners, reading his poems from Ace of Pentacles  (James F. Carr and Robert A....

Date: 1965-07-XX

Richard Wilbur — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 8, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Richard Wilbur, reading from and commenting on his poetry and work in translation and...

Date: 1966-03-08

Louis Zukofsky — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 16, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Louis Zukofsky, March 16, 1966, speaking of his work and its background, of literary...

Date: 1966-03-16