Laura Ulewicz and Robert Sward: September 28, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Laura Ulewicz accompanied by Hillary Fowler; and Robert Sward.

Originally Recorded By
APA
Location
San Francisco, Ca
Date
9/28/1965
Total Run Time
01:05:50
Contributor
James Schevill, Hillary Fowler
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Laura Ulewicz (00:35:30)

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Laura Ulewicz reads from unpublished manuscript "The Inheritance" among other poems. She is joined by the folk singer Hillary Fowler.

  • James Schevill remarks on the importance of poetry in times of public crisis and introduces Laura Ulewicz and Robert Sward (00:00)
  • "As She Combed Her Hair " (03:20)
  • Ulewicz remarks on finding personal freedom (04:56)
  • "Letter Three: Page One " (05:15)
  • "Letter Three: Page Two " (06:07)
  • "Letter Three: Page Three " (07:20)
  • Remarks on naievité in next two poems and quotes Henry James and Ezra Pound (08:52)
  • "Elegy For A Drunken Grandmother " (09:53)
  • Remarks on John Crowe Ransom's poem "Equilibris" and poking fun at Freud (15:27)
  • "House Of Cards " (16:06)
  • "The Woman Speaks As A Blackbird " (18:07)
  • Remarks on the manuscript for her upcoming book "The Inheritance" (19:40)
  • "Pennsylvania " (21:13)
  • "Michigan " (23:00)
  • Remarks on collaboration with folk singer Hillary Fowler (24:32)
  • Hillary Fowler Singing (26:00)
  • "Within One Temperate Zone " (27:05)
  • Hillary Fowler and Laura Ulewicz singing (29:40)
  • "Within One Temperate Zone: California " (30:33)
  • Hillary Fowler singing (32:38)
  • "Within One Temperate Zone: California " (32:55)

Robert Sward (00:30:10)

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Robert Sward reads from his selected works including those on the city of Chicago, and politics.

  • Robert Sward remarks on fifteen cents (00:12)
  • "Doctor in the Horse House Mouse " (00:24)
  • "The Very Air He Breathes " (01:40)
  • "Owl " (03:18)
  • Sward remarks on two films by Bruce Connor (04:05)
  • "Movies Left To Write " (04:25)
  • "The Act Of Eating " (06:10)
  • Remarks on Chicago and Toms Tips (08:23)
  • "Halsted Street, Chicago " (09:21)
  • Sward reads a three line chorus from a song sung at Fort Dearborn (11:29)
  • "Waldheim Cemetery " (11:43)
  • Sward remarks that he is going to pause for a moment (12:56)
  • "Marriage " (14:05)
  • "Night Gown Wife's Gown " (14:50)
  • "December 1963 " (16:13)
  • "Republican National Convention " (17:55)
  • "There is no reason why not to look at death " (25:40)
  • "Thousand Year Old Fiance " (27:14)

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