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This reel contains Donald Hall speaking at the University of Denver on March 13, 1968. Predominantly, the audio consists of Hall reading his own poetry and providing explanation and extrapolation of…

This is the second of two (2 of 2) reels containing J.V. Cunningham speaking at the University of Denver on November 17 1966. The overarching theme is seen in his title for the lecture "How…

This reel contains Edward Twining speaking at the University of Denver on April 28 1966. The major topic of his lecture is W.H. Auden. Twining begins by discussing the distinction between sacred and…

Folk Song

Spanish-American War Song

Traditional Song

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by singing poems by Sappho and songs by William Blake and Isaac Watts accompanied by harmonium. The rest of…

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by speaking about the heroic couplet form. Ginsberg then segues into reading and discussing the poetry of…

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg spends the class reading and discussing the work of various poets throughout the ages who have dealt with the Sapphic form…

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. The majority of the class is spent reading and discussing the work of the poets John Suckling and Andrew Marvell. The work of Anne…

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class discuss and read from the works of Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick. Ginsberg focuses mostly on the…

The ninth class on Basic Poetics by Allen Ginsberg. To begin this class students sing a ballad with guitar which leads into a discussion of Basil Bunting and Quantitative Poetics.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins discussing the prosody of Robert Creeley then segues into the bulk of the lecture centered around…

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by discussing and reading from George Herbert. He then reads a selection of Jack…

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class students sing a 40 min. improvised blues.

The first class in Basic Poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. This session discusses Shakespeare's poetry and the Lyric and Ballad poets juxtaposing these with Modernist Futurist…