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Introduced by Eliot Weinberger, October 6, 1994, New School University

"Writing in the real speech of the places they come from," says Eliot Weinberger in his introduction to this reading. This recording presents two poets who are both "oral and highly literary." Each is at once "worth hearing and worth reading," Weinberger adds. And each reads in the distinctive style for which he is known—Ginsberg in presenting his last poems, recently collected in the posthumous volume, Last Fame—and Brathwaite in delivering The Rwanda Poems. Length: 70 min.

Photo: Allen Ginsberg photographed at the New School, October 6, 1994.

Track List:

Kamau Brathwaite
1. Introduction by Eliot Weinberger
2. Introduction to The Rwanda Poems
3. [It is not…]
4. [An antiseptic critic in London…]
5. [Ban, ban, kaliban…]
6. [And when I look up again…]
7. [Can’t go no farther…]
8. [I’m a fucking Negro man…]
9. [Yesterday it is Somalia…]
10. [God is dumb until the drum speaks…]

Allen Ginsberg
11. Introduction to “After Lalon”
12. After Lalon
13. Introduction to “The Charnel Ground”
14. The Charnel Ground
15. Autumn Leaves
16. Introduction to “Peace in Bosnia Herzegovina”
17. Peace in Bosnia Herzegovina
18. After the Party
19. These Knowing Age
20. Introduction to “After Olav H. Hauge”
21. After Olav H. Hauge
22. C’mon Pigs of Western Civilization Eat More Grease
23. Excrement
24. Introduction to “Two Songs”
25. National Security Agency Dope Calypso
26. Introduction to “New Stanzas for Amazing Grace ”
27. New Stanzas for Amazing Grace