Robert Lowell & John Berryman CD

1963. Introduced by Stanley Kunitz.

This reading, on Halloween night, inaugurated the Academy's reading series, and is thought to be the first public reading by Berryman of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Dream Songs. Lowell reads from Life Studies, for which he received the National Book Award.

"[Robert Lowell's] interesting rhythms combine rhetoric and personalism, and his grave voice adds an intriguing dimension to the acclaimed work. John Berryman's slow, slurring speech gives his poetic character, Henry, a proper spirit." —Booklist

Length: 88 min. (2 discs)

Track List:

Robert Lowell:

1. Introduction by Stanley Kunitz
2. Mr. Lowell comments on Mr. Berryman
3. Introduction to “Mary Winslow”
4. Mary Winslow
5. Introduction to “The Public Garden”
6. The Public Garden
7. Introduction to “Beyond the Alps”
8. Beyond the Alps
9. Introduction to “Ruins”
10. His House
11. Rome
12. A Roman Sonnet
13. Introduction to “Skunk Hour”
14. Skunk Hour
15. Introduction to “The Flaw”
16. The Flaw
17. Introduction to “Soft Wood”
18. Soft Wood
19. Introduction to “Middle Age”
20. Middle Age
21. Introduction to “The Lesson”
22. The Lesson

John Berryman

1. Introduction by Stanley Kunitz
2. On Poetic Diction
3. Introduction to “Poem from the Chinese”
4. Poem from the Chinese
5. Introduction to “Homage to Mistress Bradstreet”
6. from Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
7. Introduction to The Dream Songs
8. Dream Song #1 [Huffy Henry hid the day]
9. Introduction to “The Prisoner of Shark Island with Paul Muni”(7)
10. The Prisoner of Shark Island with Paul Muni
11. Introduction to Dream Song #4
12. Dream Song #4 [Filling her compact & delicious body]
13. Introduction to Dream Song #5
14. Dream Song #5 [Henry sats in de bar & was odd]
15. Introduction to “A Strut for Roethke”
16. A Strut for Roethke
17. Introduction to Dream Song #29
18. Dream Song #29 [There sat down, once, a thing on Henry’s heart]
19. Introduction to “Snow Line”
20. Snow Line
21. Introduction to Dream Song #16
22. Dream Song #16 [Henry's pelt was put on sundry walls]
23. Introduction to “The Lay of Ike”
24. The Lay of Ike
25. Dream Song #27
26. Dream Song #27 [The greens of the Ganges delta foliate]
27. Introduction to Dream Song #75
28. Dream Song #75 [Turning it over, considering, like a madman]
29. Introduction to Dream Song #55
30. Dream Song #55 [Peter's not friendly. He gives me sideways looks]
31. Dream Song #77
32. Dream Song #77 [Seedy Henry rose up shy in de world]

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