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This reel contains J.V. Cunningham speaking at the University of Denver on April 7, 1966 as part of the English Department Lecture Series. Cunningham's lecture is an in depth discussion of…

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 reel contains John Ciardi speaking at the University of Denver on May 27 1971 as part of the English Department Lecture Series. The title of his lecture is "The Lives of X" which is…

This reel contians John Williams speaking at the University of Denver as part of the spring 1965 English Department Lecture Series. The primary topic of his lecture is author William Carlos Williams.…

This reel contains Hugh Kenner speaking at the University of Denver as part of the English Department Lecture Series on April 18 1975. The overarching topic of his conversation is the cybernetics of…

This reel contains Robert Pawlowski reading poetry at the University of Denver of March 6 1968 as part of the English Department Lecture Series. He reads his poetry and provides some context for the…

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…

This reel contains Paul Anderson speaking at the University of Denver on May 15 1968. He received his PhD only a few years prior from DU. The audio consists of Anderson discussing poetry reading…

Irish Folk Song

19th Century Song

A Basic Poetics class taught by Alice Notley in Allen Ginsberg's stead. Notley begins the class with a discussion and partial reading of Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of the…

A Basic Poetics class taught by Alice Notley in Allen Ginsberg's stead. Notley begins the class by discussing the work of John Dryden then segues into discussing the work of John Gay. Notley…

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…

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…

The fourth tape in a nine tape series of a class by Pat Donegan on the Imagists and East Asian poets. Donegan and students read a number of pieces by various Chinese and Japanese poets. Donegan…

The second tape in a nine tape series of a class by Pat Donegan on the Imagists and East Asian poets. The class involves Pat Donegan giving background on Asian poetry and their relation to the…