Poetry reading featuring Robert Bly (part 2 of 2) (Audio)

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Description
  • Robert Bly poetry reading at Duff's Restaurant for River Styx PM Series (continued) Recording Index: Castro's introduction 00:00; Bly's introduction to reading (discusses death of Kenneth Rexroth) 02:55; A Blessing (by James Wright) 04:57; Milkweed (by James Wright) 06:45 [poem starts 08:01]; Milkweed (with music) 08:57; Winter Afternoon Light (by Emily Dickenson) 11:35 [poem starts 13:20]; "In return for return of the jasmine" (by Antonio Machado trans. by Charles Guenther) 14:30 [poem starts 16:45]; "Is my soul asleep" (by Antonio Machado) 18:30; discusses fathers, loneliness, Vietnam veterans 20:24; Finding the Father (with music) 23:14; Finding the Father (without music) 25:40; The Prodigal Son 28:11; Meditation on Philosophy 31:14 [poem starts 32:59]; My Father's Wedding 1924 36:49 [poem starts 38:30]; second half repeated with music 42:37
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Creator
Contributors
Funder
  • Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Access to Historical Records grant
Publisher
  • Washington University in St. Louis
Source
  • mp3 edited access file was created from unedited access file which was sourced from preservation WAV file that was generated from original audio cassette.
Language
  • English
Identifier
  • CASS.614
Series
  • River Styx at Duff's
  • River Styx Archive (MSS127), 1973-2001
  • River Styx PM Series
Note
  • recording cuts off during last poem
Extent
  • 00H45M20S
Description standard
Publication place
  • St. Louis, Missouri
Date issued
  • 1982-10-31T00:00:00Z
Collection
Visibility Open Access
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