Born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on December 13, 1927, James Arlington Wright won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and was elected a fellow of The Academy of American Poets... More >
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1964/1978. Introduced by Mark Strand (1978).
"Hearing him in 1978, his anguish and intensity are unmistakable. Issued back-to-back with his 1964 reading emphasizing his quiescent poems of rural Minnesota, we hear two remarkably different voices of the same poet." --Library Journal
Booklist said of this tape that "a precious treasure chest has been unearthed with these historic recordings." A rare collection of James Wright's radiant poems of astonishment.
Length: 85 min.
Track List:
Disc 1: October 28, 1978
1. Introduction by Mark Strand
2. Introductory remarks by Mr. Wright
3. Introduction to "Redwings"
4. Redwings
5. Introduction to "One Last Look at the Adige: Verona in the Rain"
6. One Last Look at the Adige: Verona in the Rain
7. Epilogue to "One Last Look at the Adige: Verona in the Rain"
8. Introduction to "The Wheeling Gospel Tabernacle"
9. The Wheeling Gospel Tabernacle
10. Introduction to "A Lament for the Shadows in the Ditches"
11. A Lament for the Shadows in the Ditches
12. Introduction to "By the Ruins of a Gun Emplacement, Saint-Benoît"
13. By the Ruins of a Gun Emplacement, Saint-Benoît
14. Introduction to "Lighting a Candle for W.H. Auden"
15. Lighting a Candle for W.H. Auden
16. Introduction to "The Moorhen and Her Eight Young"
17. The Moorhen and Her Eight Young
18. Introductin to "On a Phrase from Southern Ohio"
19. On a Phrase from Southern Ohio
20. The Secret of Light
21. Introduction to "Two Moments in Rome;The Snows are Scattered" (Horace)
22. How Spring Arrives
23. Introduction to "With a Sliver of Marble from Carrara"
24. With a Sliver of Marble from Carrara
25. The Fruits of the Season
Disc 2: March 20, 1964
1. Introduction to "Three Steps to the Graveyard"
2. Three Steps to the Graveyard
3. Introduction to "My Grandmother's Ghost"
4. My Grandmother's Ghost
5. Introduction to Po Chu-i
6. [White billows and huge waves…]
7. As I Step Over a Puddle at the End of Winter, I Think of an Ancient Chinese Governer
8. Autumn Begins in Martin's Ferry, Ohio
9. Introduction to "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota"
10. Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
11. Introduction to "Depressed by a Book of Bad Poetry, I Walk Towards an Unused Pasture and Invite the Insects to Join Me"
12. Depressed by a Book of Bad Poetry, I Walk Towards an Unused Pasture and Invite the Insects to Join Me
13. Introduction to "Outside Fargo, North Dakota"
14. Outside Fargo, North Dakota
15. Introduction to "There is a Door that Opens between Late Twilight and Moonrise"
16. There is a Door that Opens between Late Twilight and Moonrise
17. Introduction to "I am a Sioux Brave, He Said in Minneapolis"
18. I am a Sioux Brave, He Said in Minneapolis
19. Introduction to "Milkweed"
20. Milkweed
21. Old-Age Compensation (untitled)
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