Berkeley Poetry Conference, Summer 1965
Sound recordings from the Berkeley Language Center's
Speech Archive
Berkeley Poetry Conference Lectures (SA 638, 1-7)
- SA 638, 1: Robert Duncan, "Psyche-Myth and the Moment of
Truth", July 13, 1965. Introduced by Thomas Parkinson. Duration: 90 min. (Copies
may be supplied to educational institutions and to SA 638 & 639 participants
only.)
- SA 638, 2: Jack Spicer, "Poetry and Politics", July 14,
1965. Introduced by Thomas Parkinson. Duration: 75 min. (May not be transcribed
for publication.)
Spicer sample 21 seconds, 456k.
- SA 638, 3: Gary Snyder, "Poetry and the Primitive", July
16, 1965. Introduced by Allen Ginsberg. Duration: 75 min.
Snyder sample 29 seconds, 632k.
- SA 638, 4: Charles Olson, "Causal Mythology", July 20,
1965. Introduced by Robert Duncan. Duration: 80 min.
Olson sample 11 seconds, 240k.
- SA 638, 5: Ed Dorn, "The Poet, the People, the Spirit",
July 21, 1965. Duration: 70 min. (Personal copies only; not for further distribution.)
Dorn sample 32 seconds, 710k.
- SA 638, 6: Allen Ginsberg, "What's Happening on Earth",
July 22, 1965. Introduced by Gary Snyder. Duration: 80 min. (May be broadcast
only in unedited form.)
- SA 638, 7: Robert Creeley, "Sense of Measure", July 23,
1965. Introduced by Robert Duncan. Duration: 85 min.