Charles Reznikoff and George Oppen: February 19, 1963

The Poetry Center presents Charles Reznikoff and George Oppen in an early reading from their respective books, By the Waters of Manhattan and The Materials, among other work. Both books, co-published by New Directions/The San Francisco Review, for each of the poets was their first book publication by a prominent publisher, and for Oppen his first published work since his 1934 debut Discrete Series, almost three decades prior.

Originally Recorded By:
APA
Location:
Gallery Lounge, San Francisco State College
Date:
02/19/1963
Total Run Time:
00:54:20
Contributor:
Mark Linenthal
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Charles Reznikoff (00:33:50)

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Charles Reznikoff reads and remarks on his poetry from By the Waters of Manhattan.

  • Introductory remarks on Reznikoff and Oppen in relation to William Carlos Williams, the Objectivists, and their present works, "By the Waters Of Manhattan" and "The Materials" . (0:01)
  • "Salmon And Red Wine" (3:19)
  • "How To Write" (4:11)
  • "Autobiography: Hollywood" (4:47)
  • "A Citizen" (5:33)
  • "Jerusalem The Golden" (6:35)
  • "A Well-Phrased Eulogy" (7:29)
  • "In Memoriam: L.R.W." (8:05)
  • "Twilight" (8:55)
  • "Heart And Clock" (10:15)
  • "Cooper Union Library" (13:51)
  • "Ghetto Funeral" (14:31)
  • "Suburban River Summer" (16:40)
  • "For An Inscription Over The Entrance To A Subway Station" (18:03)
  • "A Fable" (19:48)
  • "Te Deum" (22:00)
  • "Samuel" (22:39)
  • "The Day Of Atonement" (26:52)
  • Remarks on "Hanukkah" (28:18)
  • "Hanukkah" (28:43)
  • Remarks on Hitler and Judaism, the Torah, and the Kaddish. (30:30)
  • "The Kaddish" (31:46)

George Oppen (00:20:30)

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George Oppen reads poems from his book The Materials, 1962, along with other poems later included in as his yet unpublished volume This In Which.

  • "Image of The Engine" (00:08)
  • "Psalm" (04:00)
  • "From a Photograph" (04:55)
  • "The Undertaking in New Jersey" (05:47)
  • "Solution" (07:04)
  • "Stranger's Child" (07:59)
  • "Chartres" (08:28)
  • "The Source" (09:10)
  • "Endless Dirge" (09:53)
  • "On the Elders" (10:48)
  • "Population" (11:43)
  • "Survival: Infantry" (12:35)
  • Excerpt from "The Tourist's Eye" (13:33)
  • "Resort" (15:01)
  • "A Narrative" (51:57)
  • "Flight" (15:55)
  • "A Narrative" (18:09)
  • "Leviathan" (18:50)

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