Audio / Video

May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center.

  • Part 1
  • 00:31:36
  • Part 2
  • 00:08:21

Description

This is a recording of May Swenson (1913-1989) reading from her own work at the YM-YWHA Poetry Center in New York City. On Part 1, Swenson reads Living Tenderly, The Surface, Fountain Piece, The Exchange, The Engagement, Death, Great Smoothener, At First, At Last (introduced as A Diagram of Life), The Lightning, Working on Wall Street, Snow in New York, A Bird's Life, The Watch, A Fixture, To Make a Play, and Italian Sampler. On Part 2, Swenson reads The Centaur, Flying Home from Utah, and While Seated in a Plane. The reading took place on December 16, 1965.

Details

Title

May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center.

Creator

Swenson, May, speaker.

Creator

Pacifica Radio Archive.

WBAI (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

Published

Los Angeles :, Pacifica Radio Archives,, 1965.

Series

From the Poetry Center

American women making history and culture

Type

spoken word

Extent

1 online resource.

Tracks

PRA_NHPRC1_BB3804_00_009_0A.mp3 Part 1 00:31:36

PRA_NHPRC1_BB3804_00_009_0B.mp3 Part 2 00:08:21

Linked Resources

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