Henri Coulette and Ruth Weiss: April 19, 1960

The Poetry Center presents Henri Coulette reading early excerpts from The War of the Secret Agents, The Attic, and other poems and epigrams, and Ruth Weiss reading from her book Blue in Green among other work.

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The Poetry Center
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San Francisco
Date
04/19/1960
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[0:24:47]
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Henri Coulette ([0:24:47])

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The Poetry Center presents Henri Coulette reading early excerpts from The War of the Secret Agents, The Attic, and other epigrams and poems.

  • Introductory remarks on the publications and work of Henri Coulette by an unknown introducer (00:02)
  • Remarks on "Signet's House" (00:32)
  • "Signet's House" (00:59)
  • Raucous applause (02:33)
  • Remarks on "Bitter Suite" , a collection of epigrams (02:37)
  • "Bitter Suite" (02:50)
  • Remarks on "Next Question" (03:24)
  • "Next Question" (03:32)
  • Feedback from laughter too close to mic (03:50)
  • "Gutless Wonder" (03:54)
  • "...Where At Easy" (04:21)
  • Loud trolley (04:26)
  • "...He plays no more..." (04:41)
  • "...Let's fly to the famous Asian cities..." (04:55)
  • "Intaglio" (06:07)
  • Remarks on "The Trophies" (09:10)
  • "The Trophies" (09:42)
  • Loud trolley> (10:31)
  • "The Attic" (11:03)
  • "Evening in the Park" (13:05)
  • Introduces early excerpts from The War of the Secret Agents (15:38)
  • "Prosper, Archambault, Denise and Cinema" (17:03)
  • Remarks on "Cinema, at the Lighthouse" (17:56)
  • "Cinema, at the Lighthouse" (18:25)
  • Remarks on "Mama Bee, The Famous American Medium, Tries to Contact Prosper" (20:31)
  • "Mama Bee, The Famous American Medium, Tries to Contact Prosper" (21:07)
  • Loud trolley bells (21:35)
  • "The Junk Shop" (22:29)

Ruth Weiss (00:33:11)

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The Poetry Center presents Ruth Weiss reading from her book Blue in Green, among other poems.

  • Introductory remarks on the publications and work of Ruth Weiss by an unknown introducer (00:01)
  • "ZimZum is 3" (00:36)
  • "Balls" (05:02)
  • "Chopsticks" (06:38)
  • Remarks on "Blue in Green" (22:26)
  • "Blue in Green" (22:46)
  • "For Edith Sitwell" (31:40)
  • "To Crack Visions From Wall" (32:29)

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