Paul Goodman: April 27, 1966

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Paul Goodman reads a selection of his poems

Originally Recorded By
APA
Location
Gallery Lounge, SFSC
Date
04/27/1966
Total Run Time
0:56:20
Contributor
James Schevill
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  • Introductory remarks on Paul Goodman by James Schevill (0:02)
  • Paul Goodman remarks on the reading order (1:18)
  • "It froze and the ice in his engine" (1:47)
  • Remarks on the following sequence of four poems (3:07)
  • "1. Four Poems of my Lambretta" (3:42)
  • "My Car Wrecked Between Bennington and Brattleboro" (6:15)
  • "2. Halloween in 1953" (7:37)
  • "Wild Glad Hour" (8:51)
  • Remarks on "Pedestrian Poems" (10:01)
  • "The Old Dog" (10:14)
  • Remarks on "A Rough Wall" (11:35)
  • "A Rough Wall" (11:59)
  • "Without horns or style" (12:48)
  • "We had a family vase" (13:10)
  • Remarks on "I walked in tears down Dyckman Street" (13:59)
  • "I Walked in tears down Dyckman Street" (14:14)
  • Audio cuts out (14:47)
  • Audio resumes (15:06)
  • "Birthday Cake" (15:20)
  • Remark on the following sequence of poems (16:00)
  • "The great black hound upstairs" (16:05)
  • "Our Lucy (1956-1960)" (17:08)
  • Remarks on writing ballads (18:31)
  • Remarks on "Ballad of Johnny Risdoe, Escaped from Rikers Island on December 30th" (20:05)
  • "Ballad of Johnny Risdoe, Escaped from Rikers Island on December 30th" (20:25)
  • Remarks on "The Ballad of Santiago and Ricardo" (21:49)
  • "The Ballad of Santiago and Ricardo" (22:06)
  • "The Ballad of Closing Time" (25:23)
  • Remarks on "Summer of 1958" (28:02)
  • "Summer of 1958" (28:22)
  • "Massachusetts" (29:32)
  • Remarks on "The Hurricane of 54" (31:17)
  • "The Hurricane of 54" (31:35)
  • Remarks on "On the Lake" (32:45)
  • "On the Lake" (33:13)
  • Remarks on "Into the foothills" (34:19)
  • "Into the foothills" (34:49)
  • "Adam" (36:44)
  • "Buddha in the World" (37:43)
  • "Reading 'Adonais'" (39:06)
  • "My grief" (39:58)
  • Remarks on being fired from Black Mountain College (43:06)
  • "Orion" (43:27)
  • "Dishonored Sex" (44:30)
  • "Lord have I known" (45:24)
  • Remarks on the ending sequence of poems called "Little Prayers" (46:16)
  • "Creator spirit" (47:20)
  • "O spirit wise" (47:49)
  • "The tons of trucks that thunder by" (48:08)
  • "Thee god" (48:37)
  • "Guarantor of the harvest" (49:08)
  • "Father guide and lead me stray" (49:38)
  • "Heavy silence, Lord" (50:17)
  • "Like Adam" (50:35)
  • "Blessed is the landscape" (51:11)
  • "Jail and blows" (51:43)
  • "1959, For Harold Rosenberg" (52:22)
  • "Creator of the worlds" (53:18)
  • "Saved as I have faith" (53:58)
  • "All men are mad" (55:38)

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