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Audio Recording William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7, 1968

William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7, 1968

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Title

  • William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7, 1968

Names

  • Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015.
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1968.

Contents

  • From Poems: 1947-1957: Robert Frost: The road taken -- June '68 / by Andreĭ Voznesenskiĭ ; William Jay Smith, tr. -- From The tin can and other poems: Quail in autumn -- From Poems: 1947-1957: Old men on the bench ; The barber ; Of islands ; On the islands which are Solomon's ; The peacock of Java -- From The tin can and other poems: Fisher king ; Fishing for albacore -- From Poems: 1947-1957: A pavene for the nursery -- From Mr. Smith and other nonsense: May-as-well ; Banjo tune ; The floor and the ceiling ; The antimacassar and the Ottoman -- Group of clerihews: George the Third ; Sir Christropher Wren / by Edmund Clerihew Bentley -- From Mr. Smith and other nonsense: William Penn ; Beatrix Potter ; Longfellow ; Edmund Clerihew Bentley -- Was William Butler Yeats fond of dates? -- I sometimes wonder if Eleanora ; Mme. Colette, ayant mangé une ... omelette.
  • From Mr. Smith and other nonsense: The hooley bird ; Rage ; Walking-stick bird -- From Poems: 1947-1957: Mr. Smith ; American primitive ; The ten -- From The tin can and other poems: Morels ; Dachshunds -- Lines to a lawyer for Francis Biddle on his eightieth birthday -- From The tin can and other poems: The idiot below the El ; For the birthday of General Charles de Gaulle: Let's light a candle fat and tall -- From Poems: 1947-1957: The closing of the rodeo.

Notes

  • -  Introduced by L. Quincy Mumford.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 230.
  • -  Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 5435

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 94838540

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Smith, William Jay, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7. 1968. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838540/.

APA citation style:

Smith, W. J., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1968) William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838540/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, William Jay, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. William Jay Smith reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 7. 1968. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/94838540/>.