John Wieners: June 21, 1959

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The Poetry Center presents John Wieners reading from an unpublished manuscript and The Hotel Wentley Poems.

Originally Recorded By
The Poetry Center
Location
San Francisco
Date
06/21/1959
Total Run Time
00:14:52
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  • Remarks on "The Hotel Wentley Poems" (0:09)
  • "Act #1" (0:15)
  • "In the car with Freda" (1:23)
  • "A poem for the place" (2:33)
  • "Act #2, for Marlene Dietrich" (4:32)
  • "A poem for the equinox" (5:32)
  • "A poem for myself" (6:37)
  • Remarks that the poems he has just just read were written "last week" and proposes that he reads from "The Hotel Wentley Poems" (7:44)
  • Audio cuts out (8:09)
  • "A poem for vipers" (8:14)
  • "A poem for Painters" {Parts 1, 2, 5, 6} (9:04)
  • "A poem for cocksuckers" (12:51)
  • "A poem for the old man" (13:45)

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