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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards
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This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England from 1951-2011 (bulk 1965-1998). The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.
The bulk of the materials in the collection was generated by California and New York City venues that included arts and community centers, colleges, churches, museums, galleries, cafes, theaters, and town halls. Several of the fliers highlight the performative nature and communal participation associated with live poetry events in these cultural outlets. Alongside venue and performer information, many of the fliers, posters, and cards feature handmade or printed artwork in the form of collage, drawings, photography, typography, concrete poetry, and wordplay. Though some of the posters and fliers offer examples of fine press printing, most of the items in the collection, including several mimeographs and many photocopies, were printed quickly and cheaply for wide distribution.
Items in the collection feature poets associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, the first and second waves of the New York School, the Black Arts Movement, the Black Mountain School, and the Beat Generation, among others. Prominent writers and poets featured on the fliers include James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Daniel Berrigan, Robert Bly, Jorge Luis Borges, Kay Boyle, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Joans, Donald Justice, Michael McClure, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Joel Oppenheimer, Ishmael Reed, Hubert Selby Jr., Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, and Jonathan Williams.
Several of the items in the collection were originally mailed to Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016), the owner of New York's Phoenix Book Shop from the 1960s through the mid-1980s and benefactor to poets and writers of his time.
The collection is arranged into two series. Series I. comprises ephemera from American poetry readings arranged geographically into three subseries: I.A. California, I.B. New York City, and I.C. Other U.S. locations. Series I.A. is arranged by California cities, including Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, and other general locations in the state. Series I.B. comprises posters and fliers from specific New York City venues. Series I.C. comprises promotional materials from other U.S. locations including the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wyoming, among others.
Series II. comprises poetry reading ephemera from locations in England locations, including Kings College and the National Poetry Centre, among others.
Items throughout the collection inventory include the name of the first two headlining poets and specific venue and date information, if known.
Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)
Oversize folder 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS mapcases
Purchase, 2017
Processed and encoded by Dustin Frohlich, September-October, 2020.
People
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014
- Berrigan, Daniel
- Bly, Robert
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
- Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992
- Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005
- Di Prima, Diane
- Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
- Joans, Ted
- Justice, Donald, 1925-2004
- McClure, Michael
- Morrison, Toni
- Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
- Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
- Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004
- Snyder, Gary, 1930-
- Waldman, Anne, 1945-
- Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
- Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016
Organization
Subject
- Poets
- Poets, American--20th century
- Poets, English--20th century
- American poetry--20th century
- English poetry--20th century
- Poets, American--21st century
- American poetry--21st century
- Arts facilities
- Alternative spaces (Arts facilities)
- Centers for the performing arts
- Black Arts movement
- Black Mountain school (Group of poets)
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2020 October 23
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
Collection Inventory
Brother Antoninus at Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, 1966.
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Robert Creeley at Rhymer's Club, English Department, University of California, Berkeley, 1968 March 28.
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Anthology publication celebration at Berkeley Art Center, 1968 December 19.
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Michael Ryan at Alumni House, University of California, Berkeley, 1974 November 18.
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Diane Wakoski at Alumni House, University of California, Berkeley, 1974 January 21.
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Kay Boyle at Alumni House, University of California, Berkeley, 1974 November 25.
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Mary Norbert Körte at Cody's, 1977 May.
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Diane Di Prima at 544 Natoma, 1981 April 22.
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Robert Kelly, Dick Gallup at Julia Morgan Center, circa 1982.
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Gary Snyder at Great Hall, Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, 2005 April 14.
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Richard Krech, Luis Garcia at Moe's Books, 2007 February 12.
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The editors of Wild Iris, Mark Linenthal, et al. at Cody's, undated.
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Kelly Callahan at Cody's, undated.
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Kay Boyle and Josephine Miles at Fellowship of Unitarians, undated.
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Jean Lance, Peter Holland, Ernest Lowe at Berkeley Main Library, undated.
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Lewis Cuneo, Paul Lacer, et al. at Cody's, undated.
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Richard Krech, Marianne Baskin, John Thomson at Berkeley Art Center, undated.
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Andy Clausen, Gene Fowler, John Oliver Simon at Berkeley Art Center, undated.
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Al Young, Charles Potts, James Tate at Berkeley Art Center, undated.
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Robert Kelly, Robert Duncan at Rhymer's Club at Student Union, University of California, Berkeley, undated.
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Ron Loewinsohn at Fellowship of Unitarians, undated.
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John Thomson, Patricia Parker, Douglas Blazek at 145 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, undated.
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David Bromige, Patricia Parker, et al. at Willard Junior High Auditorium, undated.
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Susan Griffin, Steve Vincent at Cody's, undated.
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Michael Palmer at 155 Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, undated.
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Len Fulton, Gary Elder, et al. at Fellowship of Unitarians, undated.
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Thomas Parkinson, Czeslaw Milosz, et al. at Fellowship of Unitarians, undated.
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Judith Goldman, Leslie Scalapino, et al. at Moe Books, undated.
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Ishmael Reed, Wali Karim et al. at Watts Tower Art Center, City of Los Angeles Municipal Arts Department, 1978 October 15.
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Michael McClure and Robert Peters at Beyond Baroque Literary and Arts Center, 1986 October 17.
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Charles Hood, Robert Peters, Carl Sherlock at Hermosa Beach Community Center, 1989 November 12.
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Fred Cooper, Roger Hock, et al. at Blue Door Bookshop, undated.
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Alurista y José Montoya at Merritt College student lounge, 1974 February 8.
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Jerry Brown Inauguration Celebration with Chana Bloch, Lucha Corpi, et al. at Oakland Museum and Kaiser Convention Center, 1998 January 4.
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Diane Di Prima at A Woman's Place, Information Center Incorporate, undated.
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Robert Duncan, Philip Whalen, et al. at Fugazi Hall, 1965 May 28.
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Gene and Hilary Fowler, Richard Krech, and Peter Edler at North Beach Coffee Gallery, 1967 January 25.
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Lewis MacAdams at The Rehearsal, 1969 March.
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Bill Berkson, Tom Clark, et al. at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1970 July 16.
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Daniel Moore at Intersection, 1971 April 6.
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Andrei Voznesensky, Lawrence Ferlinghetti at Project Artaud, People's Hall, 1971 October 22.
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Nanos Valaoritis, Laura Beausoleil, et al. at Intersection, 1974 January.
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Diane Di Prima at Intersection, 1974 September 20.
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Nanos Valaoritis, Laura Beausoleil, et al. at Intersection, circa 1974.
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William Everson Tribute with James Broughton, Nathaniel Tarn, et al. at New College Auditorium, 1988 March 20.
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Diane Di Prima, Etel Adnan at Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, 1989 May 18.
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Jack Hirschman at San Francisco Public Library, North Beach Branch, 1998 July 21.
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Lewis Macadams, Andrei Codrescu at Intersection, undated.
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Fred Berry, Elaine Zimmerman, Jim Rosenberg at Intersection, undated.
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San Francisco Poets Coalition at Family Farmacy, undated.
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David Shaddock and Barbara Gravelle at The Blue Dolphin, undated.
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Jack Hirschman at Specs Café, undated.
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Bill Berkson, Tom Veitch at Intersection, undated.
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Michael McClure, Joanna McClure at KQED, undated.
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Diane Di Prima at Fort Mason Conference Hall, undated.
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Joanne Kyger, Lewis MacAdams at Intersection, undated.
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David Meltzer, Mary Norbert Körte, et al. at San Francisco Art Institute, undated.
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Jack Micheline at Perino's Submarine, undated.
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Guillermo Acevedo, Jose Antonio Burciaga at Mission Cultural Center, undated.
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Robert Duncan at Le Conte School Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 1970 March 6.
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Robert Duncan at The Rhymer's Club, Sonoma State College, 1971 December 11.
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Frank Herbert, Donald Justice, et al. at College of Marin Writer's Conference, Kentfield, 1972 February.
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Clifford Burke, Latif Harris, and Gino Clays Sky at Mill Valley Public Library Gallery, 1973 April 18.
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Truckee River Poetry Festival at The Rampart, Tahoe City, 1976 May.
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Adrienne Rich at Henry Mello Center for the Performing Arts, Watsonville, 1995 April 22.
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Gary Snyder at Truckee-Donner Community Center, Truckee, 1996 February 17.
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Tribute to D.A. Levy with Art Beck, Geoffrey Cook, Et al. at Luna's Café, Sacramento, 1998.
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Phillip Whalen at California State College, Sonoma, undated.
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Jonathan Williams at The Tides, Sausalito and The Old House, Mill Valley, undated.
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Ruth Weiss, Cole Swensen at Art Center Gallery, Mendecino, undated.
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Carlos Suarez, Joe Smith at Mendocino Art Library, undated.
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Ellen Zweig, Paul McMahon, et al., 1982 January.
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Harvey Nosowitz, Vivian La Mothe, et al., undated.
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John Ratti, John Wieners, 1975 February 18.
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Bill Knott, 1977 April 19.
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Robert Bly, James Wright, undated.
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Jean Valentine, Paul Zweig, David Ignatow, undated.
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Lorca Memorial Program with Mme. Katina Paxinou, Sr. Pedro Salinas, et al., 1951 February 1.
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Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1969 November 24.
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"Discovery '72" event program with James Bertolino, James Martin, et al., 1972 May 8.
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Calendar of Events, 1972-1973, 1972 December.
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Calendar of Events, 1973-1974, 1973 November.
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William Stafford, Liz Rosenberg, 1988 February 8.
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William Stafford, Liz Rosenberg, undated.
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Arthur Gregor, Josephine Jacobsen , et al., undated.
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Alfred Corn, Tess Gallagher, et al., undated.
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Jorge Luis Borges, undated.
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Kathleen Fraser, Adrienne Rich, undated.
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Joyce Carol Oates, undated.
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Allen Ginsberg, undated.
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Robert Bly, Jean Valentine, undated.
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Bruce Andrews, Michael Newman, et al., 1976.
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Eileen Myles, Michael Slater, 1977 February 23.
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Jim Brody and Rochelle Kraut, et al., 1977 April 18.
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Charles Henri Ford, Valery Oisteanu, Ira Cohen, 1980 December 23.
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Gerard Malanga, Leslie Ullman, 1981 January 14.
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Larry Goodell, Ricky McKoy, et al., 1981 October.
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Kenward Elmslie, Dennis Cooper, 1982 April 14.
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Bill Kushner, Susan Cataldo, et al., 1983 February.
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Abigail Child, John Jesurun, et al., 1983.
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Eileen Myles, Richard Boundanza, 1984 February.
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1984 New Year's Benefit with Dana Reitz, Diane Ward, et al., 1984.
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Alex Katz, 1985 March.
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Carla Liss, The Beatos, et al., 1985 March 25.
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John Wieners, George Therese-Dickenson, David Rattray, 1985 October 2.
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21st Annual New Year's Day Marathon Reading with Elena Alexander, Miguel Algarin, et al., 1995 January 1.
Paul Violi, Robert Creeley, 2000 October 4.
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Michael Davidson, undated.
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Robert Creeley, Bobby Louise Hawkins, undated.
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Annabel Levitt, Rhys Chatham, et al., undated.
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Benefit reading for Juillard [sic] Magazine with Jim Carroll, Anne Waldman, et al., undated.
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Anne Waldman, Reed Bye, undated.
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Allan Appel, Rebecca Brown, et al., undated.
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Reza Baraheni, Joel Oppenheimer, et al., undated.
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St. Mark's Poetry Project Annual Mammoth Benefit with Philip Glass, et al. at Town Hall, undated.
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Kathleen Fraser, Jack Marshall, David Shapiro at the Guggenheim Museum, 1967 January 26.
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Dick Gallup, John Stanton at The Folklore Center, 1967 October 29.
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Al Robbins, Habib Tiwoni, et al. at Calliope, 1973 May 4 - 1973 May 25.
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Philip Levine, Louise Gluck at The New School, 1974.
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Isabel Nathaniel, Laurel Blossom at Chumley's, 1975 January 11.
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Ronald Johnson, Jonathan Williams at Guggenheim Museum, Los Angeles, circa 1976.
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The Writer's Forum Fall 1977 calendar and mailer for Stephen Spender at Student Union Ballroom, SUNY Brockport, 1977.
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James Purdy at Alternative Center for International Arts, 1978 March 22.
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Hubert Selby, Jr., Michael Stephens at Tin Palace, 1979 March 23.
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Toni Morrison at Queens College Student Union, 1979 November - 1979 December.
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James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison at Kenkeleba House, 1980 November 23.
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Joel Oppenheimer, Andrew Glaze, et al. at Arturo's, 1980 November - 1981 March.
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Audre Lorde, Lauren Mar at Basement Workshop, 1981 January 8.
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John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, et al. at Brooke Alexander Gallery, 1982 April 29.
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Didi Dubelyew, David Rattry, et al. at Poetry at PS1, 1982 May 23.
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Jack Hirschman, Sarah Menefee at Gas Station, 1989 April 12.
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Tony Towle, Paul Violi at Zinc Bar, 2001 April 1.
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Alex Gildzen, John Burroughs at Lorain Arts Council, Sweet and Savory Bistro, 2011 September 9.
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Ted Berrigan at 98 Greene St. Loft, undated.
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Cherry Valley Writing Project with Charles Plymell, et al., undated.
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Herbert Huncke, Robert Creeley, et al. at The Humanities Institute at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, undated.
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Paul Violi, Eileen Myles at Locale, undated.
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Seymour Krim, George Nelson Preston, Irving Stettner at Locale, undated.
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Black Tarantula, Ray DiPalma, et al. at The Tin Palace, undated.
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Alan Davies, Peter Seaton, et al. at Ear Inn, undated.
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David Gascoyne, Tom Pickard at Bernard Jacobson Gallery, undated.
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Parker Tyler at Gotham Book Mart Gallery, undated.
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Erica Jong, Laurel Blossom at Chumley's, undated.
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Ken Irby at 10th Avenue Bar, undated.
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Rudy Burkhardt, Edwin Denby at Gotham Book Market Gallery, undated.
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Sean O'Criadain, Fred Stern at The Paraclete Book Center, undated.
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Hubert Selby, Jr., Richard Elman at The Newfoundland Theatre, undated.
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Joseph Brodsky, Stephen Koch, et al. at Grace at St Paul's Church, undated.
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Alice Notley, Bernadette Mayer at Beat 'N Path, undated.
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James Wright, Roland Flint at Loeb Student Center, undated.
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Paul Violi at Greene Street Loft, undated.
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Allan Appel, Daniela Gioseffi, et al. at Folklore Center, undated.
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Ted Joans at Cedar Bar, undated.
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Gerard Malanga, Michael Cooper at Chinese Chance, 1 University Place, undated.
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Ron Loewinsohn at Boyleston Hall Auditorium, Massachusetts, 1970 April 27.
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Yehuda Amichai at Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Massachusetts, 1980 November 20.
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Helen Chasin, Rolla Rieder, et al. at Old Cambridge Baptist Church, Massachusetts, undated.
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Rochelle Owens, Christine Loizeaux, et al. at Thomas Jefferson College (now Grand Valley State University), Michigan, 1973 June 20.
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National Poetry Festival with Carol Berge, Robert Bly, et al. Grand Valley State Colleges, Michigan, 1975 July 9 - 1975 July 19.
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Alice Notley, Simon Pettet, Paul Violi at Pierce Room, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, undated.
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Carlene Hatcher Polite at Just Buffalo Literary Center, New York, 1978 October 13.
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Sister Mary Lucina, Elaine Rollwagen Chamberlain at Just Buffalo Literary Center, New York, 1978 October 20.
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Daniel Berrigan, Robert Creeley at SUNY Buffalo Artists Space, New York, undated.
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Jonathan Williams at Highlands Community Theatre, North Carolina, undated.
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Trubador Poetry Festival with Lucky Luckenbach, Andy Clausen et al at Salt Lake City Library Auditorium, Utah, 1972.
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Askia Muhammad at Watha T. Daniel Library, Washington D.C., 1976 December 4.
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Amiri Baraka at Marvin Center Theatre, Washington D.C., undated.
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Thomas Stearns Eliot at Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., undated.
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Theodore Enslin at Woodland Pattern Book Center, Wisconsin, undated.
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Tasha Marshe, James Patrick Donohoe at What's Afoot Gallery, Caspar, Wyoming, undated.
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Crawdad Nelson, Berna Claire at Caspar Arts Collective, Caspar, Wyoming, undated.
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Michael Horovitz, Pete Brown, Christopher Logue at Roundhouse [state unknown], undated.
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Pete Brown, Brian Patten, Jonathan Williams, et al. at St. John's Hall, Stourbridge, 1966 February 26.
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James Dickey at American Embassy Auditorium, London, 1968 April 26.
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Ted Joans at National Poetry Centre, London, circa 1976.
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Thom Gunn at The Arts Council Shop, 1979 October.
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Thom Gunn, November Tour[multiple locations], 1979 November.
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Kenneth Koch, Red Grooms, et al. at Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, 1993.
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Thomas Blackburn, Goerge MacBeth, et al. at King's College, Strand, undated.
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DM Thomas, Anna Akhmatova at National Poetry Centre, London, undated.
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June Jordan, Sara Miles at Womanbooks, 201 W. 92, undated.
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Shaun Traynor, Sebastian Barker, Sylvia Mann, The Wine Bar of the King's Arms Pubb, Sloane Square, undated.
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Clayton Eshleman, Carl Rakosi at National Poetry Centre, London, undated.
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Basil Bunting, Peter Redgrove at National Poetry Centre, London, undated.
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Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry at Rigpa, Camden Town, London, undated.
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John Ashbery at National Poetry Centre, London, undated.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko at National Theatre, London, undated.
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Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Alastair Reed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, undated.
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