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An open reel tape recording of Ed Dorn reading 18 poems.
Location and date unknown (London, c. late 1965?). Quarter inch tape on a 7-inch ZonaTape red plastic spool. Duration 33.09; 7.5 ips.
The first poem Dorn reads is “Inauguration Poem #2”, an extract from a three-part poem included in “Geography”, published by the Fulcrum Press in 1965, the same year he arrived in Essex to teach at the University.
Other poems read, all of them collected in “Geography”, include “Song (Oh Gods of my disembarked soul this is sad)”, “The Explanation”, “Dark Ceiling”, “This March Afternoon”, “Heat”, “Song: We Shall Refrain from Them”, “The Smug Never-Silent Guns of the Enemy”, “Mourning Letter, March 29, 1963”, “Eugene Delacroix Says”, and “Song: Venceremos”. Dorn occasionally punctuates the reading with explanatory comments addressed to the audience, who remain politely quiet throughout.
Very good sound quality. Housed in an Ampex tape box, with the poet’s name written out in ink. Tape digitised and transferred to CD. Provenance: The Fred Hunter Archive.
Price:
£125.00
