Maxine Kumin CD

1979. Introduced by Jane Shore.

Several years after she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Up Country, and just preceding her tenure as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, Maxine Kumin gave this reading for the Academy.

Rich with beautiful poems of the animal and human world, this selection ranges from Halfway to The Retrieval System, including "Woodchucks," "FrÃulein Reads Instructive Rhymes," "My Father's Neckties," "The Retrieval System," and many others.

Length: 54 min.

Track List

1. Introduction by Jane Shore
2. Introduction to "Fraulein Reads Instructive Rhymes"
3. Fraulein Reads Instructive Rhymes
4. Introduction to "Casablanca"
5. Casablanca
6. Introduction to "Purgatory"
7. Purgatory
8. Introduction to "The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds"
9. The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds
10. Introduction to "The Dreamer, the Dream"
11. The Dreamer, the Dream
12. Woodchucks
13. Watering Trough
14. In the Root Cellar
15. The Mummies
16. Introduction to "The Jesus Infection"
17. The Jesus Infection
18. Introduction to "The Amanda Poems"
19. Amanda Dreams She Has Died and Gone to the Elysian Fields
20. The Summer of the Watergate Hearings
21. Thinking of Death and Dog Food
22. Introduction to "The Retrieval System"
23. The Retrieval System
24. Introduction to "My Father’s Neckties"
25. My Father’s Neckties
26. Progress Report
27. Introduction to "The Henry Manley Poems"
28. The Henry Manley Blues
29. Introduction to "Henry Manley Living Alone Keeps Time"
30. Henry Manley Living Alone Keeps Time
31. Introduction to "Birthday Poem"
32. Birthday Poem
33. Sunbathing on a Rooftop in Berkeley
34. Introduction to "The Envelope"
35. The Envelope
36. July, Against Hunger
37. Introduction to "Body and Soul: A Meditation"
38. Body and Soul: A Meditation
39. Introduction to "A Mortal Day of No Surprises"
40. A Mortal Day of No Surprises