Howard Nemerov CD

1989. Introduced by Helen Vendler.

This reading took place during Nemerov's tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate. Helen Vendler notes in her introduction that "the great strength of Nemerov's poetry is that it manages to preserve the intelligence intact while giving equal time to the heart."

A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize, as well as a noted writer of fiction, Howard Nemerov gives a reading that is no less witty and warm as it is intelligent.

Length: 72 min.

Track List

1. Introduction by Helen Vendler
2. Financing the Fairy Tail with a Happy Ending
3. Introduction to "Answering Back"
4. Answering Back
5. Introduction to "From the Desk of the Laureate..."
6. From the Desk of the Laureate, for Immediate Release
7. Snowflakes
8. Knowledge
9. Introduction to "The Forbidden City"
10. The Forbidden City
11. Introduction to "Literature"
12. Literature
13. Introduction to "Long Distance"
14. Long Distance
15. Introduction to "Night Operations, Coastal Command..."
16. Night Operations, Coastal Command, Royal Airforce
17. The War in the Air
18. Introduction to "Models"
19. Models
20. The Afterlife
21. Introduction to "The Dependencies"
22. The Dependencies
23. Epilogue to "The Dependencies"
24. Again
25. Introduction to "The Dying Garden"
26. The Dying Garden
27. Epilogue to "The Dying Garden"
28. Elegy
29. Walking the dog
30. Introduction to "At the Tomb of the Unknown Celebrity"
31. At the Tomb of the Unknown Celebrity
32. Introduction to "The Painter Dreaming in the Scholar's House"
33. The Painter Dreaming in the Scholar’s House
34. Introduction to "Primer of the Daily Round"
35. Primer of the Daily Round
36. Epilogue to "Primer of the Daily Round"
37. Introduction to "Larkin"
38. Larkin
39. Origin
40. Introduction to "Landscape with Self Portrait"
41. Landscape with Self Portrait
42. The answer to the riddle