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Audio Recording Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2, 1970

Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2, 1970

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Title

  • Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2, 1970

Names

  • Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
  • Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014
  • Stafford, William, 1914-1993
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1970.

Contents

  • Ms. Atwood reads: From Procedures for underground: Game after supper ; Girl and horse, 1928 ; Procedures for underground ; Weed seeds near a beaver pond ; Cyclops ; Three desk objects ; Spell for the director of protocol ; Highest altitudes -- Seven unpublished love poems: You fit into me like a hook ; They eat out ; You want to go back to where the sky ; After all you are quite ordinary ; I see a fugitive ; I am sitting on the edge of the impartial bed ; They are hostile nations -- Mr. Kinnell reads: The book of nightmares (excerpts) [unpublished at the time of reading].

Notes

  • -  William Stafford introduces the program and moderates the discussion ; the poets introduce each other.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recording, rev., enl., ed., p. 10-11.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 64 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 6163

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95770388

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Atwood, Margaret, Galway Kinnell, William Stafford, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2. 1970. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/95770388/.

APA citation style:

Atwood, M., Kinnell, G., Stafford, W., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1970) Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95770388/.

MLA citation style:

Atwood, Margaret, et al. Margaret Atwood and Galway Kinnell reading and discussing their poetry in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 2. 1970. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/95770388/>.