Robinson Jeffers Memorial Program: December 4, 1962
The Poetry Center presents a two-part program dedicated to Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962). In part one, actor Joseph Miksak reads from the poetry of Jeffers, and in part two William Everson (a.k.a. Brother Antoninus) delivers an impromptu lecture prefacing his own poem "The Poet is Dead," written in memoriam to Jeffers.
- Originally Recorded By
- APA
- Location
- San Francisco Museum of Art
- Date
- 12/04/1962
- Total Run Time
- 01:27:12
- Contributor
- James Schevill, Joseph Miksak, William Everson
- Rights
- ©© American Poetry Archives. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For all other uses please email poetry@sfsu.edu
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