Muriel Rukeyser: July 16, 1958 (Updated over a year ago)
The Poetry Center presents Muriel Rukeyser reading from her poetry and translations of Octavio Paz.
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Muriel Rukeyser reads from her poetry and translations of Octavio Paz.
Tags: ajanta caves, feminism, f.o. matthiessen, modern mexican poetry, muriel rukeyser, octavio paz, post-war american poetry, social justice, translation
Added to Poetry Center Digital Archive on April 20, 2011.
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- Originally Recorded By: The Poetry Center
- Location: San Francisco
- Date: 07/16/1958
- Total Run Time: 00:37:19
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Audio Content:
- Rukeyser introduces her reading (00:09)
- "Are You Born?" (Part 1) (00:33)
- "Haying Before Storm" (02:09)
- "Speed, We Say" (03:50)
- "The Birth of Venus" (05:26)
- "Long Enough" (07:25)
- "F.O.M." (for the Death of Matthiessen) (08:38)
- Remarks on "Effort at Speech Between Two People" (09:49)
- "Effort at Speech Between Two People" (09:58)
- Remarks on the five "Ajanta" poems (13:47)
- "Ajanta I. The Journey" (14:45)
- "Ajanta II. The Cave" (16:29)
- "Ajanta III. Les Tendresses Bestiales" (19:03)
- "Ajanta IV. Black Blood" (21:43)
- "Ajanta V. The Broken World" (23:07)
- Remarks on the translations of Octavio Paz (25:00)
- "Fable" {Octavio Paz} (25:27)
- "In your time there have been those who spoke clearly for the moment of lightning" (27:10)
- "Body of Waking" (28:45)
- Static (32:24)
- "Body of Waking" {resumes} (32:32)
- "Are You Born?" (Parts 1 & 2) (34:22)
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