Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragon: December 15, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragon reading their work. George Hitchcock reads the English translation of Mondragon's poems after Mondragon has finished reading the original Spanish.

Originally Recorded By
APA
Location
Gallery Lounge, SFSC
Date
12/15/1966
Total Run Time
0:50:53
Contributor
George Hitchcock
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  • Margaret Randall remarks on the poems that she will read. (00:03)
  • "Knowing You, As You Are, or Me" {Margaret Randall} (00:13)
  • "Retracing Paul Blackburn's Transit" {Margaret Randall} (00:48)
  • "Being Eight When Those Things Happened" {Margaret Randall} (02:30)
  • "The Broken Glass Begins to Whole Itself" {Margaret Randall} (05:20)
  • "Sergio" {Margaret Randall} (06:06)
  • "The Crash" {Margaret Randall} (06:48)
  • "The Always Present" {Margaret Randall} (08:13)
  • "After Virtue" {Margaret Randall} (09:37)
  • Randall remarks on recently composed long poem "The Old Men" and introduction to "Postscript to 'The Old Men': Don Rodolfo" (10:38)
  • "Postscript to 'The Old Men': Don Rodolfo" {Margaret Randall} (11:22)
  • "The Lie" {Margaret Randall} (15:04)
  • Sergio Mondragon asks the audience whether to read his original poems or the translations first (18:03)
  • "Raices" {Sergio Mondragon} (18:22)
  • "Roots" {George Hitchcock} (19:24)
  • "Surtidor" {Sergio Mondragon} (20:15)
  • "Fountain" {George Hitchcock} (21:25)
  • "Calor" {Sergio Mondragon} (23:08)
  • "Heat" {George Hitchcock} (27:19)
  • "Kind of Blue" {Sergio Mondragon} (31:58)
  • "Kind of Blue" {George Hitchcock} (34:22)
  • "La Foto" {Sergio Mondragon} (36:25)
  • "The Photo" {George Hitchcock} (38:03)
  • Margaret Randall asks the audience whether she should read more, or discuss 'the magazine we make' [El Corno Emplumado] (40:20)
  • "The Cripple" {Margaret Randall} (41:07)
  • "The Initiation" {Margaret Randall} (42:15)
  • "The Palm Reader" {Margaret Randall} (43:32)
  • Randall introduces "Selling Tacos to the Bourgeoisie" (44:09)
  • "Selling Tacos to the Bourgeoisie" {Margaret Randall} (44:23)
  • Randall introduces "Wedding Poem for Diane" , written for Diane Wakoski (45:24)
  • "Wedding Poem for Diane" {Margaret Randall} (45:45)
  • "To Answer Your Question" {Margaret Randall} (47:47)

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