Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn: April 11, 1969

The Poetry Center presents Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn reading from their works.

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APA
Location
SFSU, San Francisco
Date
04/11/1969
Total Run Time
01:30:15
Contributor
Mark Linenthal
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Clayton Eshleman (0:25:30)

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Clayton Eshleman reads poems and prose

  • Mark Linethal introduces Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn by listing their works and projects (00:01)
  • Clayton Eshleman remarks his long poem, "The Tsuruginomiya Regeneration" which is an epic poem that contains several books and is based on William Blake's The Four Zoas. He remarks that he will read the first section from his book, "Niemonjima" (02:41)
  • "Niemonjima" (03:12)
  • Remarks on a journal notation, dated January 1967, titled "The Shelf" (12:59)
  • "The Shelf" (13:09)
  • "The Red Mantle" (16:16)
  • Remarks on "Watchtowers" (17:27)
  • "Watchtowers" (18:12)
  • "Giant Forms" (19:16)
  • "Waiting" (20:56)

Robert Kelly (00:25:30)

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Robert Kelly reads from his works

  • "Song Eight" (0:43)
  • "Song Fourteen" (3:45)
  • "Politics" (6:04)
  • "For Timotha and Harvey, July 68" (7:45)
  • Remarks on "To the Distant Beloved" (9:07)
  • "To the Distant Beloved" (10:09)
  • Remarks on "The Book of Hagar" (14:12)
  • "Section Four from The Book of Hagar" (15:32)
  • "The Tower" (19:30)
  • Remarks on 'political shenanigans' at Dartmouth and anarchists (22:22)
  • "Dartmouth Sutra Pretentiously Forming" (23:20)

Paul Blackburn (00:39:22)

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Paul Blackburn reads his translations of Proven?al troubadours as well as original poems.

  • Remarks on the tradition of "the lady of fire" and the Provençal troubadour, Jaufre Rudel (00:01)
  • "Quan lo rius de la fontana" {Jaufre Rudel} (00:47)
  • Remarks on the tradition of troubadours and Guillem IX, Duke of Aquitaine (08:03)
  • "Farai un vers de dreyt nien" {Guillem IX} (10:12)
  • "The Sounds" (14:08)
  • "She Stole My Hat" (17:00)
  • "Invocation of Venus" (20:58)
  • "Oh Shake it Up Baby" (21:49)
  • "Paris and Not Spring Either" (23:05)
  • "Rosemary and the Language Problem" (26:52)
  • "Gin" (29:21)
  • Remarks on living in Toulouse, France (32:02)
  • "Paris-Toulouse Train" (32:36)
  • "The Net of Place" (35:00)
  • "The Request" (35:52)
  • "How to Enjoy Fishing Boats" (36:58)
  • "The Probability" (37:49)

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