Kay Boyle: April 1, 1964

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The Poetry Center presents Kay Boyle, at the time on the San Francisco State University faculty in English, reading from her 1962 Collected Poems (Knopf).

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APA
Location
SFSU, San Francisco
Date
04/01/1964
Total Run Time
00:43:39
Contributor
James Schevill
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  • James Schevill introduces Kay Boyle, reading a passage from Richard Eberhart (00:03)
  • Remarks on her reasons for writing poetry (02:26)
  • "Dreams Dreamed" (03:22)
  • Remarks on recurrent themes across time and remarks on "The New Emigration" (04:22)
  • "The New Emigration" (05:26)
  • Remarks on "The Only Bird That Sang" (07:52)
  • "The Only Bird That Sang" (08:23)
  • Remarks on self-pity (11:53)
  • "October, 1954" (12:13)
  • "The Print from a Lucite Block" (13:10)
  • "Seascape for an Engraver" (14:05)
  • Remarks on the 1931 trial of the Scottsboro Boys (14:57)
  • "A Communication to Nancy Cunard" (15:44)
  • Remarks on William Carlos Williams (23:40)
  • "Two Twilights for William Carlos Williams" (25:08)
  • Remarks on Howard Nemerov and the history of Germany (25:53)
  • "A Dialogue of Birds for Howard Nemerov" (26:32)
  • Remarks on 'bums' in the restrooms of Grand Central Station and introduces the poem "A Winter Fable" (mis-starts and restarts (27:53)
  • "A Winter Fable" (28:49)
  • Remarks on addition to "A Winter Fable" (37:10)
  • Reads addition to "A Winter Fable" (37:32)
  • Remarks to audience, applause, introduces final poem (38:11)
  • "A Square Dance for a Square" (39:07)

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