Robert Lowell: May 10, 1966

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The Poetry Center presents Robert Lowell reading from Life Studies and For The Union Dead. Lowell opens his reading with a set of poems by Randall Jarrell (in memoriam), Elizabeth Bishop, and the late Theodore Roethke.

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San Francisco Museum of Art
Date
05/10/1966
Total Run Time
1:16:00
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  • Remarks on "Losses" by Randall Jarrell (0:14)
  • "Losses" {Randall Jarrell} (0:35)
  • Remarks on "Next Day" by Randall Jarrell (2:43)
  • "Next Day" {Randall Jarrell} (4:54)
  • Remarks on Elizabeth Bishop (9:11)
  • "Manuelzinho" {Elizabeth Bishop} (11:53)
  • Remarks on Theodore Roethke (18:53)
  • Remarks on "The Geranium" by Theodore Roethke (19:50)
  • "The Geranium" {Theodore Roethke} (20:26)
  • Remarks on "In a Dark Time" by Theodore Roethke (22:04)
  • "In a Dark Time" {Theodore Roethke} (22:59)
  • Remarks on "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" (25:19)
  • "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" (28:11)
  • Audio cuts out (37:41)
  • Audio resumes (31:55)
  • Remarks on remaining sections of "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" (34:37)
  • "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" (35:27)
  • Remarks on poetics (38:41)
  • Remarks on "To Delmore Schwartz" (39:35)
  • "To Delmore Schwartz" (42:55)
  • Remarks on "Skunk Hour" (45:31)
  • "Skunk Hour" (48:22)
  • Remarks on "Middle Age" (51:05)
  • "Middle Age" (52:18)
  • Remarks on "Fall 1961" (53:08)
  • "Fall 1961" (54:49)
  • Remarks on "Flaw" (56:15)
  • "Flaw" (59:05)
  • Remarks on "Central Park" (1:01:32)
  • "Central Park" (1:04:08)
  • Audio cuts out (1:04:53)
  • Audio resumes (1:05:03)
  • Remarks on "For the Union Dead" (1:06:58)
  • "For the Union Dead" (1:11:09)

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